Kariyawsam Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Kariyawsam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Kariyawsam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kariyawsam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kariyawsam is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kariyawsam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kariyawsam is the 908,336th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. The surname Kariyawsam is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kariyawsam reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Apart from Sri Lanka Kariyawsam exists in one country. It is also found in 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 Kariyawsam
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