Meddegoda Surname
Approximately 739 people bear this surname
Meddegoda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 731 | 1:28,466 | 3,639 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Meddegoda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meddegoda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meddegoda is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Meddegoda click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meddegoda? popularity and diffusion
It is the 457,658th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 9,861,361 people. The last name Meddegoda occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Meddegoda are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Meddegoda is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 731 people, or 1 in 28,466. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maddegoda | 89 | 19 | / |
| Meddagoda | 89 | 1 | / |
| Medagoda | 82 | 2,484 | / |
| Medegodo | 82 | 29 | / |
| Medegoudo | 78 | 17 | / |
| Medegoudou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Meddigadda | 74 | 1 | / |
| Madegeda | 71 | 10 | / |
| Madogoda | 71 | 9 | / |
| Madigoda | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mediguda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medagodo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madegodo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madagoda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Midogoda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medigada | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medigadda | 67 | 23 | / |
| Madagouda | 67 | 6 | / |
| Madigada | 59 | 1 | / |
| Midigoddy | 56 | 1 | / |
| Medigaddi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Meedigadda | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Meddegoda
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