Shanmuham Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Singapore

Shanmuham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shanmuham Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Shanmuham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shanmuham is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shanmuham? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Shanmuham live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Shanmuham is mostly found in: Tamil Nadu, where 75 percent are found and Kerala, where 13 percent are found. Apart from India it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 38 percent are found and Singapore, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shanmueam891/
Shanmuhem891/
Shanmugiam843/
Sammuhom712/

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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 Shanmuham
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