Subramanian
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Subramanian is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a Hindu name, based on Sanskrit subrahmanya, 'dear to Brahmans'.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 6.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 8.5K
- USUnited States1 in 97K
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.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 296 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a Hindu name, based on Sanskrit subrahmanya, 'dear to Brahmans'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Subramanian 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #763 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Subramanian | 55 |
| AO Angola | #288 | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Subramanian | 2 |
| US United States | — | 3,443 | 1 in 97K | 4.9K | Subramanian | 296 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #484 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Subramanian | 65 |
| SG Singapore | #593 | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Subramanian | 70 |
| BH Bahrain | #639 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | — | Subramanian | 11 |
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 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)
- Chirayathumadom Venkatachalier Subramanianb. 1924INbotanist (1924-2016)
- Mas Subramanianb. 1950INIndian chemist
- Arvind Subramanianb. 1959INeconomist
- Krishnamurthy Subramanianb. 1971INIndian economist
- Narayan Subramanianb. 1979DEresearcher
- Sunjith Subramanianb. 1992INbadminton player
- Sankar Subramanianb. 2004INIndian badminton player
- Samanth SubramanianINIndian writer and journalist
- Sriram SubramanianGBresearcher
- Sankar SubramanianINgeneticist
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 25 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.9K | #6,662 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.4K | #9,449 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.8K | #14,920 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Subramanian mean, and where does it come from?
- a Hindu name, based on Sanskrit subrahmanya, 'dear to Brahmans'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Subramanian have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.1 thousand people named Subramanian in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled subramanian.
- How common is the name Subramanian?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,443 people named Subramanian in 2010, about 1 in 97 thousand residents.
- How common is Subramanian compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Subramanian is the 763rd most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Subramanian” — the 763rd most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.