Gopalar Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Gopalar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gopalar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Gopalar (31) may also be a first name.

Gopalar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gopalar (Hindi: गोपालर्, Marathi: गोपाळर) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gopalar.

How Common Is The Last Name Gopalar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gopalar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 31 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 33 percent are found. Apart from India this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opalar9240/
Gopalhare881/
Hopalar864/
Gapaylar808/
Apalar773/
Opalor773/
Gaphallar751/
Gapaillard71136/
Hopolar7114/
Opolyar715/
Opalyarova712/
Opollar711/
Apalare711/
Gapaillart711/
Opalore711/
Gaspaillard6769/
Haapalajr631/
Apolar6217/
Opolyarova594/
Apoliar573/
Apolyar571/
Appolaire5060/
Apoolaire501/

Gopalar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gopalar in the Hindi language
गोपालर्gopalar-
Gopalar in the Marathi language
गोपाळरgopalara-

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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 Gopalar
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