Rathnasamy Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Rathnasamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rathnasamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa671:808,62254,680
India391:19,668,343291,059
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
England91:6,190,895170,599
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Rathnasamy (10) may also be a first name.

Rathnasamy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rathnasamy is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rathnasamy? popularity and diffusion

Rathnasamy is the 1,511,557th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Rathnasamy live; 49 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Rathnasamy is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 808,622. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 79 percent are found, Gauteng, where 10 percent are found and Western Cape, where 6 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 28 percent are found and Malaysia, where 11 percent are found.

Rathnasamy Last Name Statistics demography

Rathnasamy earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.08% more than the national average, earning R 292,488 per year.

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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 Rathnasamy
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