Poobalan Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Poobalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poobalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia2251:131,0858,472
South Africa1571:345,08131,817
India301:25,568,846339,406
Singapore171:323,98313,856
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Poobalan (3,936) may also be a first name.

Poobalan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poobalan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Poobalan occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Poobalan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 662,685th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Poobalan live; 54 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 111,558th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 3,936 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 131,085. In Malaysia Poobalan is most prevalent in: Penang, where 28 percent are found, Perak, where 22 percent are found and Selangor, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 35 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.

Poobalan Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Poobalan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 24.46% more than the national average, earning R 295,776 per year and in United States they earn 29.59% more than the national average, earning $55,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phoobalan949/
Pooballan942/
Poohbalan941/
Pobalan931/
Pooualan881/
Poobalam881/
Poubalane821/
Pabalan805,907/
Pubalan80108/
Povalan802/
Povolan801/
Pobelyan7522/
Puballan756/
Pabalann752/
Povoulan751/
Phubalan751/
Pabaylan751/
Pabaulan751/
Paballan751/
Pahbalan751/
Povolyan751/
Paboojlan713/
Pabelan67135/
Pavalan67130/
Pabalon673/
Pabalam672/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Poobalan
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