Dharmapala Surname

107,635th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,334 people bear this surname

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

Dharmapala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dharmapala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,1661:4,995720
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Australia321:843,61652,533
United States191:19,076,786604,894
England141:3,979,861125,553
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Dharmapala (792) may also be a first name.

Dharmapala Last Name Facts

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

Dharmapala (Hindi: धर्मपाला, Marathi: धमर्पाला) is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dharmapala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 107,635th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,681,483 people. Dharmapala is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dharmapala are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 291,086th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 792 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 4,166 people, or 1 in 4,995. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.

Dharmapala Last Name Statistics demography

Dharmapala earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.62% more than the national average, earning $51,615 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dharmapala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dharmapala in the Marathi language
धमर्पालाdhamarpala66.67
धरमपालाdharamapala33.33
Dharmapala in the Hindi language
धर्मपालाdharmapala44.44
धर्मपालdharmapala22.22
धर्मपालसिंहdharmapalasinha11.11
धर्मपलाdharmapala11.11
धरमपालाdharamapala11.11

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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
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  • 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 Dharmapala
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