Vedasalam Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Vedasalam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Vedasalam 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
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Vedasalam (20) may also be a first name.

Vedasalam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vedasalam is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Vedasalam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Vedasalam are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 20 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,734,954. In Malaysia Vedasalam is most frequent in: Perak, where 41 percent live, Selangor, where 41 percent live and Kedah, where 6 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent live and India, where 5 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
Vadasalam895/
Vedacalam894/
Vedajalam891/
Vedachalam84298/
Vedajallam8426/
Fedashalam841/
Vedhachalam8097/
Vedachchalam761/
Vedachalan744/
Bedachalam741/
Vhidachalan601/
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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 Vedasalam
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