Pallegama Surname
Approximately 1,347 people bear this surname
Pallegama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pallegama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pallegama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pallegama is most common in Sri Lanka. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pallegama.
How Common Is The Last Name Pallegama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 285,461st most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,410,205 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pallegama live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,316 people, or 1 in 15,812. Barring Sri Lanka it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, 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
- 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 Pallegama
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