Thanakody Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Thanakody Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thanakody Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Thanakody Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thanakody is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thanakody? popularity and diffusion

Thanakody is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Thanakody occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Thanakody are found; 88 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 88 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Thanakody is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 4,213,461. In Malaysia Thanakody is most numerous in: Perak, where 71 percent are found and Selangor, where 29 percent are found. Not including Malaysia it exists in one country. It is also found in Germany, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thanakodi8932/
Thanacody895/
Thanacoody8412/
Thanakoodi843/
Thanaskodi841/
Tanakodi822/
Tannakodi781/
Tanakaday781/
Thanakhade742/
Thanaskadi741/
Tanakhade677/
Tanakhede672/

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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 Thanakody
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