Galappaththy Surname

421,746th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 822 people bear this surname

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

Galappaththy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galappaththy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
England161:3,482,379114,324
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Galappaththy Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Galappaththy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 421,746th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,865,628 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Galappaththy live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Other than Sri Lanka Galappaththy is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Galappaththy
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