Thanapalan Surname

650,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 465 people bear this surname

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

Thanapalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thanapalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Malaysia801:368,67819,491
England331:1,688,42669,999
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
India81:95,883,173728,828
Wales71:442,07621,198
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Thanapalan (241) may also be a first name.

Thanapalan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thanapalan is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thanapalan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 650,013th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Thanapalan are found; 65 percent are found in South Asia and 65 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 575,894th most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 241 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Besides Sri Lanka it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 17 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

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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 Thanapalan
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