Poovalingam Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Qatar

Poovalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poovalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa741:732,13151,520
India431:17,838,730274,051
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Poovalingam (115) may also be a first name.

Poovalingam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poovalingam is found most in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poovalingam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Poovalingam reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 115 people.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 732,131. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 68 percent live, Gauteng, where 30 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.

Poovalingam Last Name Statistics demography

Poovalingam earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 116.44% more than the national average, earning R 514,344 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Poovalingam
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis