Nambissan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam നമ്പീശൻ (nampīśaṉ). This surname is mostly found in Kerala, among those who work in the temples and perform the duty of making temple garlands. It is often a surname of the brahmins in Kerala.

Proper noun

Nambissan (plural Nambissans)

1. A surname from Malayalam.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nambissan is the 128839^th most common surname in India, belonging to 147 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nambissan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 648.