Kotalawala Surname

194,128th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,165 people bear this surname

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

Kotalawala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotalawala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,1201:9,8151,429
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Greenland11:56,3791,133
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Kotalawala Last Name Facts

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

Kotalawala has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotalawala? popularity and diffusion

Kotalawala is the 194,128th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,366,072 people. Kotalawala is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kotalawala live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

It is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,120 people, or 1 in 9,815. Other than Sri Lanka Kotalawala occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kothalawala957,109/
Kotelawala901,190/
Kotalawela90320/
Kotalewala9055/
Ketalawala901/
Kothalawela869/
Khatalawala861/
Kottalewala861/
Kotelawela80446/
Khatalavala765/
Kothelawela761/
Kutalyavale6725/
Katolavala508/
Katolobala501/

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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 Kotalawala
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