Palaniappen Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Palaniappen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Palaniappen (11) may also be a first name.
Palaniappen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palaniappen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palaniappen is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palaniappen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,017,195th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Palaniappen reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 11 people.
Palaniappen is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 737,356. In Malaysia Palaniappen is most numerous in: Kedah, where 45 percent are found, Johor, where 20 percent are found and Selangor, where 20 percent are found. Not including Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaniyappen | 96 | 1 | / |
| Palanippen | 95 | 4 | / |
| Palaniappan | 91 | 5,369 | / |
| Palanyappen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Palanipen | 90 | 1 | / |
| Palaniyappan | 87 | 745 | / |
| Pallaniappan | 87 | 31 | / |
| Palianiappan | 87 | 5 | / |
| Palani Appan | 87 | 2 | / |
| Ppalaniappan | 87 | 1 | / |
| Palaniappian | 87 | 1 | / |
| Palanniappan | 87 | 1 | / |
| Palainiappan | 87 | 1 | / |
| Palaniaappan | 87 | 1 | / |
| Palaniiappan | 87 | 1 | / |
| Palaniapan | 86 | 119 | / |
| Palanippan | 86 | 24 | / |
| Palanappan | 86 | 5 | / |
| Palniappan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Planiappan | 86 | 3 | / |
| Palanyappn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ppalaniyappan | 83 | 13 | / |
| Pallaniyappan | 83 | 5 | / |
| Palianiappain | 83 | 1 | / |
| Palaniyappani | 83 | 1 | / |
| Palaniyapan | 82 | 11 | / |
| Palanyappan | 82 | 11 | / |
| Palainappan | 82 | 5 | / |
| Palniyappan | 82 | 3 | / |
| Polaniappan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pelaniappan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palainippan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palainiapan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palanniapan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palianappan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palanaiapan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palanppan | 80 | 7 | / |
| Palanipan | 80 | 3 | / |
| Palanipon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Palanaben | 80 | 1 | / |
| Palniyappana | 78 | 3 | / |
| Palaniayapan | 78 | 3 | / |
| Palaneyappan | 78 | 3 | / |
| Planpen | 78 | 3 | / |
| Palanayappan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Palainaappan | 78 | 1 | / |
| Palinappan | 76 | 2 | / |
| Paliniapan | 76 | 2 | / |
| Palanuppan | 76 | 1 | / |
| Palanipana | 76 | 1 | / |
| Polanippan | 76 | 1 | / |
| Palainayappan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Palanpan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Poloniappan | 73 | 6 | / |
| Paliniiapan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Palanupan | 70 | 11 | / |
| Palanupun | 70 | 3 | / |
| Pelainiahpan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Planpin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paillain Puen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pilonappan | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Palaniappen
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