Thangappan Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Thangappan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thangappan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1481:5,182,874128,264
United Arab Emirates571:160,74211,909
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Singapore131:423,66918,211
England51:11,143,612252,590
Oman41:921,9937,313
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Thangappan (88) may also be a first name.

Thangappan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thangappan (Marathi: थंग) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thangappan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thangappan is the 924,083rd most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Thangappan are found; 52 percent are found in South Asia and 51 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,017,994th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 88 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 5,182,874. In India it is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 47 percent live, Karnataka, where 9 percent live and Maharashtra, where 9 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 20 percent live and Qatar, where 8 percent live.

Thangappan Last Name Statistics demography

Thangappan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Thangappan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thangappan in the Marathi language
थंगthanga70
थंगाthanga20
थांगाthanga10

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Thangappan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis