Godawela Surname

893,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 300 people bear this surname

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

Godawela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godawela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
England11:55,718,059489,080
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Godawela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Godawela is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godawela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Godawela is the 893,754th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. The surname Godawela is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Godawela live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Barring Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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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 Godawela
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