Thannimalai Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Thannimalai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thannimalai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia3801:77,6165,527
Singapore131:423,66918,211
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thannimalai (74) may also be a first name.

Thannimalai Last Name Facts

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

Thannimalai occurs most in Malaysia. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thannimalai? popularity and diffusion

Thannimalai is the 730,373rd most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Thannimalai reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 96 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,125,792nd most widely held first name globally It is held by 74 people.

Thannimalai is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 380 people, or 1 in 77,616. In Malaysia Thannimalai is most prevalent in: Penang, where 32 percent live, Kedah, where 19 percent live and Perak, where 14 percent live. Besides Malaysia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 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
  • 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 Thannimalai
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