Gopalan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கோபாலன் (kōpālaṉ).

Proper noun

Gopalan (plural Gopalans)

1. A surname from Tamil.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gopalan is the 34618^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 653 individuals. Gopalan is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gopalan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66.