Narayan is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Narayan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Narayan

How popular is Narayan?

Narayan is common in India.

Narayan is ranked 945 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Narayans grew by 48.35414 per cent to 2614 since 2000 and ranked 11957 after elevating 3352 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 80.3 78.6
Others 12.7 14.3
White 4.06 4.26
Black 1.53 1.02
Hispanic or Latino 1.15 1.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.45
Narayan is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Fiji is ahead in terms of density. Around 561187 people have been found who wears Narayan as their family name. Narayan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,609 Trinidad and Tobago9
100,092 Spain9
6,367 Japan9
1,179 South Korea7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
20,790 Nigeria6
122,390 Belarus4
5,779 Uganda4
177 Norfolk Island3
351 Bhutan3
761 Brunei3
4,529 Mauritius3
70,383 Tanzania3
9,097 Wales3
14,193 Egypt3
7,993 Jordan3
4,367 Afghanistan2
12,844 Pakistan2
5,298 Botswana2
35,969 Denmark2
169,904 Brazil1
573 Vanuatu1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
10,683 Cyprus1
50,549 Georgia1
353 Cook Islands1
13,606 Senegal1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,374 Bermuda1
56,169 Mexico1
7,198 Maldives1
37,493 Austria1
7,292 Vietnam1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,724 New Caledonia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
16,283 Lithuania1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,078 Lesotho1
28,365 Kenya1
5,589 Sudan1
6,212 Jamaica1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
20,172 Hungary1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,715 Gabon1
29,774 Venezuela1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
364 Grenada47
95,259 Italy45
21,712 Sweden44
172,381 Indonesia41
2,848 Thailand40
46,461 Netherlands40
17,488 Norway39
114,425 Ukraine34
9,692 Ireland27
4,699 Armenia20
94,051 Kazakhstan19
2,892 Iceland13
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,572 Switzerland72
152,430 Russia66
17,264 Israel59
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Narayan:
4,619 Canada968
694 New Zealand961
2,944 Malaysia860
13,156 Germany773
447 Kuwait749
10,002 South Africa639
740 Singapore633
311 Bahrain464
17,922 Poland334
5,855 Sri Lanka326
34,535 Philippines322
7,729 Ghana320
755 Qatar302
468 Guyana301
116 Samoa224
84,907 France110
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Narayan:
1,720 Bangladesh6,531
9,870 United States3,708
342 United Arab Emirates2,553
276 Oman1,702
2,205 Saudi Arabia1,616
1,995 Australia1,586
6,279 England1,119
Countries with ten thousands of Narayan:
195 Nepal14,206
7 Fiji10,212
Countries with hundred thousands of Narayan:
159 India508,772
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Narayan Namesakes

  • Aditya Narayan, Actor
  • Udit Narayan, Playback Singer
  • Udit Narayan, Playback Singer
  • M. S. Narayana, Actor
  • Rama Narayanan, Film director
  • S. Narayan, Movie maker
  • Udit Narayan, Playback Singer
  • Udit Narayan, Playback Singer
  • P. L. Narayana, Film actor
  • Raja Narayan Deb, Composer
  • Lakshman Narayan, from 2014 drama, sport movie Jeeva, who characterized Ranjith.
  • Satya Narayan, from 1996 action flick Gunde Ki Adalat, who played N.
  • Nikitha Narayan, from 2016 action, thriller movie Madamakki, who played Anjali.
  • Shreya Narayan portrayed key character of Mahua in 2011 action and crime flick Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster.

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