Pallewatte Surname
Approximately 659 people bear this surname
Pallewatte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Pallewatte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pallewatte Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pallewatte occurs more in Sri Lanka more 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 Pallewatte? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 499,597th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 11,058,492 people. The last name Pallewatte is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pallewatte live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
Pallewatte is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallewatta | 90 | 369 | / |
| Pallewattha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pallewaththa | 82 | 4 | / |
| Pallewad | 78 | 158 | / |
| Palewati | 78 | 5 | / |
| Palewath | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pahalawatte | 76 | 1 | / |
| Pelawatte | 74 | 367 | / |
| Pallevast | 74 | 1 | / |
| Palewad | 71 | 46 | / |
| Paliwat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Palevat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pallevathi | 70 | 3 | / |
| Pallevad | 67 | 868 | / |
| Paleebat | 67 | 45 | / |
| Paliswat | 67 | 13 | / |
| Palavate | 67 | 13 | / |
| Patlewad | 67 | 7 | / |
| Palliwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pailewad | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Pallewatte
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