Kandegama Surname

330,832nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,119 people bear this surname

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

Kandegama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kandegama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0961:18,9862,610
Qatar161:147,37516,023
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kandegama Last Name Facts

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

Kandegama is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kandegama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 330,832nd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,512,552 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kandegama live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

It is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Apart from Sri Lanka this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Kandegama
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