Palliyage Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

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

Palliyage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palliyage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Palliyage Last Name Facts

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

The surname Palliyage occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palliyage? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 592,650th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Palliyage live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pallage88325/
Palage80449/
Palige80117/
Palaghe7527/
Pollage7515/
Paliege7510/
Palagie753/
Phalage751/
Paulige751/
Pallakhe7167/
Pallaise7119/
Pallatje7119/
Pallache718/
Pallaiga716/
Palaghei712/
Paliyaci711/
Pallazie710/
Palaje67698/
Polage67137/
Paliyasit6718/
Palaze6715/
Polige675/

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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 Palliyage
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