Ellegala Surname

663,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 452 people bear this surname

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

Ellegala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ellegala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Ellegala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ellegala is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ellegala.

How Common Is The Last Name Ellegala? popularity and diffusion

Ellegala is the 663,740th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. The surname Ellegala is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Ellegala live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Besides Sri Lanka this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Ellegala Last Name Statistics demography

Ellegala earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD 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 Ellegala
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