Gopallawa Surname

332,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,111 people bear this surname

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

Gopallawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gopallawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0961:18,9862,610
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Gopallawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gopallawa occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gopallawa.

How Common Is The Last Name Gopallawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 332,755th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,559,447 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Gopallawa live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Barring Sri Lanka it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Gopallawa Last Name Statistics demography

Gopallawa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $38,225 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gopalawad891/
Opalawa881/
Gopalavad7847/
Opalowa7523/
Apalawa752/
Gopalabhai744,516/
Gopalova7158/
Gopalabi711/
Abpalawa711/
Gapalavad674/

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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 Gopallawa
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