Pallawala Surname

545,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 587 people bear this surname

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

Pallawala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pallawala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5851:35,5704,375
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Pallawala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pallawala occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pallawala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 545,543rd most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,414,899 people. The last name Pallawala is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pallawala live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Pallawala is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Not including Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Fiji, where 0 percent reside and Singapore, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Pallawala
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