Palitha Surname
Approximately 1,548 people bear this surname
Palitha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,462 | 1:14,233 | 2,024 |
| South Africa | 30 | 1:1,805,923 | 85,708 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Palitha (29,161) may also be a first name.
Palitha Demographics
Average Palitha Salary in
South Africa
R 219,312
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Palitha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palitha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palitha is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palitha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 254,976th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,707,717 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Palitha reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 28,511th most commonly held forename globally. It is borne by 29,161 people.
The last name is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,462 people, or 1 in 14,233. Barring Sri Lanka this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Palitha Last Name Statistics demography
Palitha earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.71% less than the national average, earning R 219,312 per year.
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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 Palitha
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