Sukalingam Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Sukalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sukalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sukalingam (11) may also be a first name.

Sukalingam Last Name Facts

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

Sukalingam (Marathi: सुकलींगम) is most common in Malaysia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sukalingam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Sukalingam live; 91 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sukalingam is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name globally It is held by 11 people.

The last name Sukalingam is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,552,328. In Malaysia Sukalingam is most common in: Selangor, where 68 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 11 percent reside and Johor, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sukalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sukalingam in the Marathi language
सुकलींगमsukalingama66.67
सुकािंलगमsukainlagama33.33

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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 Sukalingam
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