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Is Tamil a Male or Female Name?

Tamil is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Tamil globally is 81.5% males and 18.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Singapore with 89.4% and the country with the highest female ratio is Malaysia with 33.4%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Tamil in percentages: Globally: 81.5% males, 18.5% females, India: 84.2% males, 15.8% females, Malaysia: 66.6% males, 33.4% females, Singapore: 89.4% males, 10.6% females, Saudi Arabia: 86.9% males, 13.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Tamil are 35-44 years old, making up 35.3% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Tamil in each age group: 25-34: 29.6%, 35-44: 35.3%, 45-54: 20.2%, 55-64: 10.5%, 65+: 4.3%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Tamil is Singapore with 0.0384% of the population. Following is India and Malaysia.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Tamil measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Tamil year over year: 1959: 0.0003‰, 1960: 0.0001‰, 1963: 0.0003‰, 1964: 0.0003‰, 1965: 0.0002‰, 1966: 0.0001‰, 1967: 0.0001‰, 1968: 0.0001‰, 1970: 0.0‰, 1971: 0.0002‰, 1972: 0.0003‰, 1973: 0.0002‰, 1974: 0.0001‰, 1975: 0.0001‰, 1976: 0.0003‰, 1977: 0.0004‰, 1978: 0.0004‰, 1979: 0.0002‰, 1980: 0.0002‰, 1981: 0.0002‰, 1982: 0.0002‰, 1983: 0.0003‰, 1984: 0.0004‰, 1985: 0.0005‰, 1986: 0.0005‰, 1987: 0.0005‰, 1988: 0.0004‰, 1989: 0.0006‰, 1990: 0.0004‰, 1991: 0.0003‰, 1992: 0.0003‰, 1993: 0.0004‰, 1994: 0.0002‰, 1995: 0.0003‰, 1996: 0.0004‰, 1998: 0.0004‰, 1999: 0.0003‰

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