Ratnapala Surname

169,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,539 people bear this surname

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

Ratnapala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ratnapala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,4121:8,6271,248
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England41:13,929,515290,718
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ratnapala (40) may also be a first name.

Ratnapala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ratnapala (Marathi: नपाल) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ratnapala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 169,884th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,870,243 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ratnapala reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Ratnapala is also the 1,614,485th most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 40 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,412 people, or 1 in 8,627. Besides Sri Lanka this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 2 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.

Ratnapala Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ratnapala last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Ratnapala earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 51.8% more than the national average, earning $65,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ratnapala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ratnapala in the Marathi language
नपालnapala-

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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 Ratnapala
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