Hemapala Surname

352,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,033 people bear this surname

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

Hemapala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hemapala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0231:20,3412,776
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Hemapala (14) may also be a first name.

Hemapala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hemapala occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hemapala? popularity and diffusion

Hemapala is the 352,668th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,054,740 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Hemapala are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Hemapala is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used given name globally, held by 14 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Indonesia, 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 Hemapala
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