Nilwala Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Nilwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nilwala (646) may also be a first name.
Nilwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nilwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nilwala occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nilwala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 895,817th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nilwala reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 327,050th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 646 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Excluding Sri Lanka this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nilwala
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