Ganewatte Surname

458,119th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 738 people bear this surname

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

Ganewatte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ganewatte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka7311:28,4663,639
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ganewatte Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ganewatte is most common in Sri Lanka. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ganewatte? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ganewatte is the 458,119th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,874,723 people. Ganewatte is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ganewatte reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Ganewatte is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 731 people, or 1 in 28,466. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Ganewatte Last Name Statistics demography

Ganewatte earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 102.03% more than the national average, earning $87,175 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 Ganewatte
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