Thangalingam Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Norway

Thangalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thangalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Thangalingam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thangalingam is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Thangalingam.

How Common Is The Last Name Thangalingam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Thangalingam is mostly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Thangalingam live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Thangalingam is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is most numerous in: Pondicherry, where 33 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 33 percent reside. Apart from India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 29 percent reside and Norway, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thanagalingam961/
Thangailinggam925/
Theagalingam923/
Togalingam821/
Thangliankima721/
Thangliankhuma694/

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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 Thangalingam
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