Palagama Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Palagama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
Palagama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palagama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palagama occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palagama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palagama is the 870,423rd most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Palagama reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
Palagama is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Not including Sri Lanka this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulagama | 94 | 25 | / |
| Palagamas | 94 | 2 | / |
| Palangama | 94 | 2 | / |
| Pallegama | 82 | 1,347 | / |
| Palaghame | 82 | 6 | / |
| Palagammi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Palaghamod | 78 | 4 | / |
| Polagami | 75 | 2 | / |
| Paulagomes | 67 | 4 | / |
| Polanggomo | 56 | 3 | / |
| Paulogomes | 56 | 2 | / |
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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 Palagama
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