Sivalingam Surname

48,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,656 people bear this surname

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

Sivalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sivalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka6,2861:3,310468
Malaysia9691:30,4382,622
India9351:820,39136,572
South Africa4301:125,99514,831
England3781:147,40214,157
Canada2591:142,26114,635
United Arab Emirates2551:35,9303,804
United States1991:1,821,402119,204
Qatar1841:12,8151,406
Australia1761:153,38516,171
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Singapore1161:47,4801,839
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Norway411:125,42216,333
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
France251:2,656,909193,074
Ireland131:362,22614,761
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Wales41:773,63329,106
Oman41:921,9937,313
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sivalingam (5,649) may also be a first name.

Sivalingam Last Name Facts

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

Sivalingam (Hindi: शिवलिंगम्, Marathi: िसवािंलगम) is most common in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sivalingam? popularity and diffusion

Sivalingam is the 48,407th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 683,891 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Sivalingam are found; 68 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 89,050th most common given name world-wide, held by 5,649 people.

Sivalingam is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 6,286 people, or 1 in 3,310. Outside of Sri Lanka Sivalingam occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

Sivalingam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sivalingam last name are 17.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.1% registered with the political party.

The amount Sivalingam earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.02% less than the national average, earning 269,868 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.69% more than the national average, earning R 320,064 per year; in United States they earn 17.1% more than the national average, earning $50,526 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.41% more than the national average, earning $51,376 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sivalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sivalingam in the Hindi language
शिवलिंगम्sivalingam-
Sivalingam in the Marathi language
िसवािंलगमisavainlagama33.33
िसवालीनगमisavalinagama16.67
िशविंलगमisavinlagama16.67
िशवालींगमisavalingama16.67
िसविंलगमisavinlagama16.67

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Footnotes

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