Wakwella Surname
Approximately 1,324 people bear this surname
Wakwella Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wakwella Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wakwella Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wakwella is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wakwella? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 289,472nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 5,504,189 people. The surname Wakwella is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wakwella are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
Wakwella is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,316 people, or 1 in 15,812. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Wakwella
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