Sevalingam Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sevalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sevalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia401:737,35634,564
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Sevalingam (40) may also be a first name.

Sevalingam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sevalingam is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sevalingam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sevalingam is the 2,661,929th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Sevalingam live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sevalingam is also the 1,614,485th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 40 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 737,356. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Selangor, where 48 percent reside, Johor, where 15 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 13 percent reside. Other than Malaysia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.

Sevalingam Last Name Statistics demography

Sevalingam earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 94.59% more than the national average, earning R 462,408 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
  • 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 Sevalingam
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