Dolewatte Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

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

Dolewatte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dolewatte Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Dolewatte Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dolewatte is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dolewatte? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dolewatte is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Dolewatte is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Dolewatte live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

It is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,202,140. Besides Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent reside and Australia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dolawatte894/
Dolewatta894/
Dolewaththa801/
Dolewad751/
Delevate718/
Dalawate711/
Dolovete711/
Dalewata711/
Dalleywater7075/
Delevatti67213/
Delavatte672/
Delevette671/
Delivette671/
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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 Dolewatte
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