Shanmugalingam Surname

220,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,850 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Shanmugalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shanmugalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,3161:15,8122,223
Canada1441:255,87224,214
England1301:428,60028,863
France1241:535,66773,425
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Norway101:514,22941,629
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
India61:127,844,230863,365
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Maldives11:404,1727,269
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Shanmugalingam (394) may also be a first name.

Shanmugalingam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shanmugalingam is found most in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shanmugalingam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 220,755th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,939,214 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Shanmugalingam reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Shanmugalingam is also the 435,477th most numerous first name globally, borne by 394 people.

It is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,316 people, or 1 in 15,812. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

Shanmugalingam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Shanmugalingam earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 38.34% less than the national average, earning 213,377 kr per year; in United States they earn 29.44% less than the national average, earning $30,446 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.48% less than the national average, earning $48,451 CAD 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 Shanmugalingam
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