Sangalingam Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sangalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sangalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Sangalingam Last Name Facts

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

Sangalingam (Marathi: संगिंलगम) is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sangalingam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sangalingam reside; 71 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 71 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most common in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia Sangalingam is mostly found in: Selangor, where 40 percent live, Malacca, where 20 percent live and Perak, where 20 percent live. Other than Malaysia Sangalingam exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 29 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sangalinggam961/
Sanggalingan871/
Sogalingam861/
Sangolingan822/
Sanggolingan7815/
Sangliankhama751/
Saenglongma732/
Sangoulongme701/
Sangliankhuma671/

Sangalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sangalingam in the Marathi language
संगिंलगमsanginlagama-

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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 Sangalingam
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