Kalawila Surname

664,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 451 people bear this surname

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

Kalawila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalawila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kalawila Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kalawila is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalawila? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kalawila is the 664,903rd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Kalawila reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 2 percent live and Australia, 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
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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 Kalawila
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