Gopalapillai Surname

433,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 793 people bear this surname

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

Gopalapillai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gopalapillai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Canada671:549,93446,038
India521:14,751,257245,013
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England51:11,143,612252,590
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Gopalapillai (676) may also be a first name.

Gopalapillai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gopalapillai is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gopalapillai.

How Common Is The Last Name Gopalapillai? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gopalapillai is the 433,610th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 9,189,844 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Gopalapillai reside; 71 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gopalapillai is also the 318,733rd most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 676 people.

This last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Not including Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.

Gopalapillai Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Gopalapillai earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 25.43% less than the national average, earning 258,080 kr per year and in Canada they earn 16.62% less than the national average, earning $41,427 CAD 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
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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 Gopalapillai
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