Bollegala Surname

658,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 457 people bear this surname

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

Bollegala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bollegala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
England31:18,572,686338,250

Bollegala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bollegala is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bollegala.

How Common Is The Last Name Bollegala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bollegala is the 658,434th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Bollegala reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Not including Sri Lanka it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Bollegala Last Name Statistics demography

Bollegala earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 22.83% more than the national average, earning $61,027 CAD per year.

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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 Bollegala
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