Angunawela Surname

262,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Angunawela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Angunawela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,4621:14,2332,024
England101:5,571,806158,774
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987

Angunawela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Angunawela Come From? nationality or country of origin

Angunawela is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Angunawela.

How Common Is The Last Name Angunawela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 262,012th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,868,100 people. The surname Angunawela occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Angunawela live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Angunawela is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,462 people, or 1 in 14,233. Beside Sri Lanka this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Angunawela
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