Galhenage Surname

341,330th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname

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

Galhenage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galhenage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0231:20,3412,776
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Galhenage Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galhenage is found most in Sri Lanka. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Galhenage? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 341,330th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. Galhenage is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Galhenage are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Not including Sri Lanka it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Iceland, 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 Galhenage
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