Narayanan is used as a family name or surname in Malaysia. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Narayanan
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Malaysia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Narayanan

How popular is Narayanan?

Narayanan is common in Malaysia.

Narayanan is ranked 6020 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Narayanans grew by 101.2879 per cent to 2188 since 2000 and ranked 13815 after elevating 8359 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 95.29 93.74
White 2.38 2.67
Others 1.37 2.85
Black 0.46 0
Narayanan is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Oman is ahead in terms of density. Around 90503 people have been found who wears Narayanan as their family name. Narayanan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
6,367 Japan9
275,830 Ukraine8
18,563 Nigeria7
1,346 Bermuda6
615,517 Russia6
2,306 Angola4
121,340 Spain4
3,608 Maldives4
11,802 Egypt4
46,068 Philippines3
2,720 South Korea3
11,290 Guyana3
9,500 Ghana3
8,995 Uganda2
2,449 Yemen2
2,744 Rwanda2
28,083 Romania2
3,940 Ethiopia2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
5,318 Iraq2
1,351 Lesotho2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
2,151 Fiji2
7,790 Zambia1
6,033 Benin1
165,773 Belarus1
174,544 Czech Republic1
50,549 Georgia1
28,746 Algeria1
4,942 Libya1
10,958 Bangladesh1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
15,705 Cameroon1
37,779 Serbia1
18,969 Wales1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,191 Afghanistan1
20,172 Hungary1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
3,275 Nepal1
56,169 Mexico1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,196 Liberia1
1,819 Laos1
6,212 Jamaica1
17,768 Pakistan1
9,591 Panama1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
5,553 Taiwan1
169,904 Brazil1
1,179 Swaziland1
5,589 Sudan1
2,505 Congo1
971 Seychelles1
880 Djibouti1
28,365 Kenya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
165,453 Indonesia43
7,570 Ireland38
5,663 Thailand18
29,040 Denmark15
2,892 Iceland13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,742 Tanzania97
67,110 Italy90
8,414 Finland85
31,155 Netherlands75
9,925 New Zealand69
24,466 Belgium67
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Narayanan:
10,136 Germany975
154 Bahrain745
3,533 Sri Lanka652
10,560 South Africa603
863 Botswana407
7,513 Australia382
12,537 Canada306
33,969 France294
24,102 Poland239
1,129 Hong Kong225
1,561 Mauritius164
5,556 Jordan154
342 Brunei119
4,818 Scotland118
8,508 Sweden109
10,773 Switzerland108
Countries with thousands of Narayanan:
80 United Arab Emirates7,438
676 Saudi Arabia5,464
64 Oman4,921
11,637 United States3,070
307 Singapore1,798
188 Kuwait1,480
98 Qatar1,401
5,448 England1,328
Countries with ten thousands of Narayanan:
1,307 India46,110
368 Malaysia11,104
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Narayanan Namesakes

    Biju Narayanan, Indian playback singer, who is mainly involved in Malayalam films
  • Rama Narayanan, Film director
  • Rachana Narayanankutty, Actress
  • Ajit Narayanan, Author
  • Biju Narayanan, Playback Singer
  • Rama Narayanan, Film director
  • Aparna Narayanan, Musical Artist
  • Arun Narayanan, Actor
  • Pala Narayanan Nair, Poet
  • K. R. Narayanan, Former President of India
  • Bernice Narayanan, Author
  • In 2013 thriller movie, Story Kathe, Prathap Narayanan characterized N.
  • In 2014 action, thriller movie, Sigaram Thodu, Gaurav Narayanan played Shiva.

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