Bogahawatte Surname

247,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,609 people bear this surname

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

Bogahawatte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bogahawatte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,6081:12,9411,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Bogahawatte Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bogahawatte is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bogahawatte? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bogahawatte is the 247,201st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,529,239 people. The last name Bogahawatte occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bogahawatte are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,608 people, or 1 in 12,941. Not including Sri Lanka this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Scotland, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Bogahawatte
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