Hewadewa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

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

Hewadewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hewadewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Hewadewa Last Name Facts

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

Hewadewa is most common in Sri Lanka. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hewadewa? popularity and diffusion

Hewadewa is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Hewadewa are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 82 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

It is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,312,062. Other than Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 9 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owadewah751/
Awadawa6731/
Evadewi6731/
Aiwedewa631/
Avhadieva5914/
Awadava5313/
Ebadebo534/
Avadeva531/
Ovedeva531/
Ebhadevi506/
Avadeeva505/
Ovadaeva505/
Ovadieva503/
Avadaeva503/
Avadieva503/
Avedeeva502/
Ibadeeva501/
Ivadeeva501/
Ivadieva501/
Ivadaeva501/

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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 Hewadewa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis