Tharmalingam Surname

94,700th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,029 people bear this surname

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

Tharmalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tharmalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,5081:5,932865
Canada3591:102,63411,114
Malaysia2821:104,5897,099
England2181:255,58720,554
France2081:319,34048,512
Switzerland1131:72,6818,609
India471:16,320,540259,912
Norway461:111,78914,873
Qatar411:57,5125,907
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Denmark211:268,79620,394
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Tharmalingam (1,389) may also be a first name.

Tharmalingam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tharmalingam (Marathi: थमर्िंलगम) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tharmalingam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 94,700th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,449,104 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Tharmalingam reside; 71 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 209,948th most common given name internationally, held by 1,389 people.

The last name Tharmalingam is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 3,508 people, or 1 in 5,932. Besides Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.

Tharmalingam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tharmalingam earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 18.05% less than the national average, earning 283,608 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.18% less than the national average, earning $39,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.04% more than the national average, earning $53,679 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tharmalingam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tharmalingam in the Marathi language
थमर्िंलगमthamarinlagama-

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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 Tharmalingam
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