Nagahawatte Surname

193,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname

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

Nagahawatte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nagahawatte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,1201:9,8151,429
England231:2,422,52489,093
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Nagahawatte Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nagahawatte occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nagahawatte? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 193,184th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,345,981 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Nagahawatte reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 2,120 people, or 1 in 9,815. Excluding Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Nagahawatte Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nagahawatte surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.

Nagahawatte earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 86.42% more than the national average, earning $80,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nagahawattha8713/
Nagahawaththa831/
Nagawati7493/
Nagawata7414/
Nagavate749/
Nagawaththa731/
Nagavati635/
Neghavati603/
Nagasvathi571/
Nagasvasti571/
Nagaveti5331/
Negowetti5011/

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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 Nagahawatte
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