Walawage Surname

496,112th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 665 people bear this surname

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

Walawage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walawage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka6581:31,6243,961
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Walawage Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walawage is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walawage? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 496,112th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 10,958,716 people. Walawage occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Walawage reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Barring Sri Lanka this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walawwage944/
Walawege883/
Watlavage822/
Balawagge821/
Balavage7594/
Balabage751/
Valovage6333/
Bolavage6311/
Balawazi632/
Balawaji631/
Valavige631/
Balyabaje591/
Bolowagi505/
Balowoze502/
Balavaji501/
Valavasi501/
Valabaji501/

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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 Walawage
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