Anandan

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Anandan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 58K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 87K
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 148K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈570 people, est.

Sources
139 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 58K (inferred from the name graph)

Malaysia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Anandan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Anandan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia≈570 est.≈1 in 58K—Anandan26
ZA South Africa≈150 est.≈1 in 377K—Anandan4
US United States≈100 est.≈1 in 3.3M231Anandan139
SG Singapore≈72 est.≈1 in 87K—Anandan17
AE United Arab Emirates≈68 est.≈1 in 148K—Anandan1
CH Switzerland≈9 est.≈1 in 956K4—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Anandan is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia

    Also written Ananan

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Anandan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020231#86,747
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010145#119,508
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Anandan a male or female name?
Anandan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Anandan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 567 people named Anandan in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anandan.
How common is the name Anandan?
Mondonomo estimates about 570 people in Malaysia have Anandan as their first given name, about 1 in 58 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Anandan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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