Globally, Kumaran (Kumaran 
) is a common masculine first name. The forename Kumaran is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Qatar, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Oman, and Bahrain. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Malaysia, and South Africa. Much less frequently, Kumaran is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Kumaran | Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia |
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moorkoth kumaran Indian writer and teacher, IN (b. 1874) |
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| kavarikulam kandan kumaran Indian social reformer (b. 1863) |
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| arjunan kumaran researcher |
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| subramani kumaran researcher |
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| kalyanaraman kumaran researcher |
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| rajendran kumaran researcher |
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| pon kumaran film director, IN |
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| sangaralingam kumaran researcher |
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| alaganandam kumaran researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2197-7713) |
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| vellan kumaran |
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