Across the world, Padmanabhan (Padmanabhan 
) is quite a common primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine given name. The first name Padmanabhan is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare male name, Oman, and Bahrain. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Also, Padmanabhan is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Padmanabhan | United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Malaysia, United States, India |
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dayal padmanabhan Indian film director, IN (b. 1970) |
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| sugavanam padmanabhan Indian businessperson (born 1945, child of Valab Padmanabhan), IN (b. 1945) |
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| ramaswamy padmanabhan Indian businessperson (born 1953, child of Ramanathan Padmanabhan), IN (b. 1953) |
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| palanisamy padmanabhan Indian businessperson (born 1970, child of Palanisamy), IN (b. 1970) |
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| prema padmanabhan researcher |
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| parasuraman padmanabhan researcher |
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| krishnan padmanabhan researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-3255-8346) |
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| radhakrishnan padmanabhan researcher |
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| swaminathan padmanabhan researcher |
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| chandramouli padmanabhan |
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