Koswatte Surname

275,138th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,411 people bear this surname

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

Koswatte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koswatte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,3891:14,9812,125
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
England41:13,929,515290,718
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Koswatte Last Name Facts

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

Koswatte occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Koswatte.

How Common Is The Last Name Koswatte? popularity and diffusion

The last name Koswatte is the 275,138th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,164,809 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Koswatte reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

Koswatte is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,389 people, or 1 in 14,981. Barring Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live and New Zealand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koswate931/
Koswatta882,430/
Coswatte88597/
Koswat8610/
Koswattha824/
Koswati80308/
Kaswate8054/
Koswata8011/
Koswaththa78293/
Kootswater781/
Koeswati7537/
Koeswaty7515/
Kuswater750/
Kaswat7162/
Kuswati6710,169/
Kaswati672,305/
Kaswata67174/
Kuswata67121/
Kuswaty6758/
Keswati6744/
Kasvate6717/
Kaswaty679/
Khaswat671/
Kodswad671/
Kaswete671/
Kosuote671/
Kosbath671/

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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 Koswatte
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