Viswananthan Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Viswananthan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Viswananthan 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
India71:109,580,769786,157
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Viswananthan Last Name Facts

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

Viswananthan is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Viswananthan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Viswananthan is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Viswananthan are found; 64 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Viswananthan is mostly concentrated in: Karnataka, where 43 percent live, Kerala, where 43 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 14 percent live. Excluding India Viswananthan is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 18 percent live and The Seychelles, where 9 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
Viswananathan963/
Vishwananthan961/
Visvananthan928/
Visnanathan876/
Visinanthan871/
Phasanonthon581/

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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 Viswananthan
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