Pahalawatta Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

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

Pahalawatta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pahalawatta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Pahalawatta Last Name Facts

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

Pahalawatta is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pahalawatta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pahalawatta is the 596,518th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. Pahalawatta occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Pahalawatta reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Beside Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and New Zealand, where 1 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
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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 Pahalawatta
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