Kothalawala Surname

69,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,109 people bear this surname

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

Kothalawala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kothalawala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka7,0171:2,965405
Qatar341:69,3536,725
England251:2,228,72284,230
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Kothalawala Last Name Facts

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

Kothalawala occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kothalawala? popularity and diffusion

Kothalawala is the 69,644th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,025,115 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kothalawala reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 7,017 people, or 1 in 2,965. Beside Sri Lanka this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kotalawala952,165/
Kothalawela919/
Kotelawala861,190/
Kotalawela86320/
Kotalewala8655/
Ketalawala861/
Khatalawala821/
Kottalewala821/
Kothelawela821/
Kotelawela76446/
Khatalavala735/
Kutalyavale6425/

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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 Kothalawala
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