Malaweera Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

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

Malaweera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malaweera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
England111:5,065,278148,650
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Malaweera Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malaweera is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malaweera? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 592,650th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. The surname Malaweera is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Malaweera reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Malaweera is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Aside from Sri Lanka it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and South Korea, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Malaweera
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