Thiyagalingam Surname

390,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 906 people bear this surname

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

Thiyagalingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thiyagalingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
Australia501:539,91440,287
England211:2,653,24194,788
Norway91:571,36544,190
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thiyagalingam (17) may also be a first name.

Thiyagalingam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thiyagalingam is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thiyagalingam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 390,762nd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Thiyagalingam live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Thiyagalingam is also the 2,694,839th most common given name worldwide, held by 17 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Barring Sri Lanka this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 6 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thiagalingam9638/
Thiyagalingham963/
Thiyagalimgam921/
Thiagalingham921/
Thiagalingamh921/
Thiakalingam888/
Theagalingam883/
Thiyagulingum851/
Thiakalingham851/
Thiacalincam801/

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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 Thiyagalingam
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