Thanapathy Surname

855,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 319 people bear this surname

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

Thanapathy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thanapathy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Singapore131:423,66918,211
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340

Thanapathy (19) may also be a first name.

Thanapathy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thanapathy (Marathi: थानापा) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thanapathy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 855,216th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Thanapathy live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 19 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 4 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Thanapathy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thanapathy in the Marathi language
थानापाthanapa-

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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 Thanapathy
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