Poopalasingam Surname

632,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 483 people bear this surname

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

Poopalasingam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poopalasingam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Canada371:995,82774,831
England191:2,932,529101,561
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Norway71:734,61250,907
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Poopalasingam (28) may also be a first name.

Poopalasingam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Poopalasingam occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Poopalasingam click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poopalasingam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Poopalasingam is the 632,228th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 15,088,087 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Poopalasingam live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 28 people.

It is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Besides Sri Lanka this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Poopalasingam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Poopalasingam earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 37.71% less than the national average, earning 215,563 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.09% less than the national average, earning $36,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.41% less than the national average, earning $44,513 CAD 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
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  • 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 Poopalasingam
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