Galappatthy Surname

597,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 521 people bear this surname

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

Galappatthy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galappatthy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987

Galappatthy Last Name Facts

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

Galappatthy occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Galappatthy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 597,433rd most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,987,612 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Galappatthy are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

It is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Galappatthy
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