Dileepa Surname

193,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,170 people bear this surname

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

Dileepa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dileepa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,1201:9,8151,429
India351:21,916,154310,282
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Maldives11:404,1727,269

Dileepa (9,404) may also be a first name.

Dileepa Last Name Facts

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

Dileepa (Oriya: ଦିଲୀପ) is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dileepa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dileepa is the 193,751st most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,358,316 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Dileepa reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Dileepa is also the 63,855th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 9,404 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 2,120 people, or 1 in 9,815. Beside Sri Lanka Dileepa exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deleepa861/
Dulepa77394/
Dilipa77102/
Dilepi777/
Dilapa776/
Dilopa774/
Dilepe774/
Delepa773/
Dilepé771/
Delepau71132/
Dilipat7117/
Delepaz717/
Daleepo711/
Delepah711/
Dilippa711/
Dhilepe710/
Delepaut67135/
Delepaux6727/
Dulleppa671/
Dilipaih671/

Dileepa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dileepa in the Oriya language
ଦିଲୀପdilipa-

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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 Dileepa
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