Smurugan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Smurugan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smurugan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India91:85,229,487684,495
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Smurugan (59) may also be a first name.

Smurugan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smurugan (Marathi: मुरुगन) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smurugan? popularity and diffusion

Smurugan is the 6,063,924th most common family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Smurugan live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Smurugan is also the 1,282,666th most numerous first name internationally, held by 59 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Tamil Nadu, where 33 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 11 percent are found and Karnataka, where 11 percent are found. Apart from India it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smurgun8028/
Smorgan808/
Smergan801/
Smerigan7575/
Smorgon67302/
Smargon67117/
Smarcan6712/
Smercan6712/
Smurkin677/
Smerčan676/
Smrečan672/

Smurugan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Smurugan in the Marathi language
मुरुगनmurugana50
एसमुरुगनesamurugana50

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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 Smurugan
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