Thankarajan Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Thankarajan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Thankarajan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India271:28,409,829361,298
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Thankarajan (1,587) may also be a first name.

Thankarajan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thankarajan (Marathi: थँकराजन) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thankarajan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Thankarajan reside; 64 percent reside in South Asia and 64 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 194,108th most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 1,587 people.

The last name Thankarajan is most common in India, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 28,409,829. In India Thankarajan is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 89 percent live, Maharashtra, where 4 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent live. Beside India this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tankarajan951/
Tankarayan861/
Thienkrjan761/
Tankaraum701/
Tounkarain677/
Thongkarasong671/
Thongcaroen551/

Thankarajan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thankarajan in the Marathi language
थँकराजनthamkarajana-

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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
  • 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 Thankarajan
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