Sivananthan Surname

174,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,457 people bear this surname

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

Sivananthan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sivananthan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,7541:11,8631,698
England2411:231,19519,235
Canada1491:247,28623,510
Malaysia741:398,57120,802
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
United States421:8,629,975373,648
India401:19,176,635286,670
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Norway121:428,52437,411
Qatar91:262,00030,726
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Sivananthan (1,122) may also be a first name.

Sivananthan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sivananthan is most common in Sri Lanka. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sivananthan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 174,572nd most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,966,034 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Sivananthan live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sivananthan is also the 237,992nd most common first name at a global level, borne by 1,122 people.

It is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,754 people, or 1 in 11,863. Barring Sri Lanka it occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Sivananthan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sivananthan are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered with the party.

The amount Sivananthan earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 27.48% less than the national average, earning 250,973 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.57% more than the national average, earning $45,986 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.26% more than the national average, earning $53,290 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 Sivananthan
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