Godahewa Surname

427,840th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 807 people bear this surname

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

Godahewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godahewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Godahewa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Godahewa has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godahewa? popularity and diffusion

Godahewa is the 427,840th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,030,416 people. The last name Godahewa is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Godahewa live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Godahewa is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Not including Sri Lanka this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Israel, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godaeva8031/
Godgaeva7516/
Odaeva7181/
Gadaeva671,867/
Gudaeva67387/
Odgaeva6747/
Gedaeva675/
Hodaeva673/
Oydaeva671/
Otdaeva671/
Gadgaeva6318/
Gaudaeva631/
Odohesua631/
Gadhaevad591/
Adaeva572,777/
Adoewa573/
Atdaeva5397/
Hadaeva5375/
Godoeva5319/
Gadaevi535/
Asdaeva531/
Gadaevy531/
Addaeva531/

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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 Godahewa
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