Nambiar
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Nambiar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Malayalam നമ്പ്യാർ (nampyāṟ). This surname is mostly found in Kerala.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
- INIndia1 in 481K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 9.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 175 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,600 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Malayalam നമ്പ്യാർ (nampyāṟ). This surname is mostly found in Kerala.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nambiar 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 306K | — | Nambiar | 8 |
| IN India | 2,758 | 1 in 481K | 2.8K | Nambiar | 169 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Nambiar | 7 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Nambiar | 3 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Nambiar | 31 |
| AU Australia | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 145K | — | Nambiar | 72 |
| SG Singapore | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Nambiar | 38 |
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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- A. C. N. Nambiarb. 1896INIndian diplomat
- P.C. Balakrishnan Nambiarb. 1916INIndian politician
- Rahul Nambiarb. 1981INIndian playback singer
- Deepthi Nambiarb. 1986INIndian film actress
- Mahima Nambiarb. 1989INIndian actress
- Kate NambiarGBBritish physician in sexual health and gender identity
- Raghu NambiarIN; Nambiar, Raghu
- Rekha NambiarINFirst commander of India's Disaster Management Army
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 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 12K | #72 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 2.8K | #2,450 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 198 | #86 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 192 | #2,376 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 38 | #1,771 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 9 | #101,667 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #1,583 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #6,902 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 4 | #9,585 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #3,481 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Nambiar mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Malayalam നമ്പ്യാർ (nampyāṟ). This surname is mostly found in Kerala. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Nambiar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.6 thousand people named Nambiar in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nambiar.
- How common is the name Nambiar?
- In India, the national register counted 2,758 people named Nambiar, about 1 in 481 thousand residents.
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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, “Nambiar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.