Wathsala Surname

118,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,893 people bear this surname

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

Wathsala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wathsala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,8741:5,371783
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
England61:9,286,343223,652
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Maldives11:404,1727,269
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Wathsala (15,892) may also be a first name.

Wathsala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wathsala is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wathsala.

How Common Is The Last Name Wathsala? popularity and diffusion

Wathsala is the 118,137th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,871,961 people. The surname Wathsala occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wathsala reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Wathsala is also the 44,622nd most frequent forename in the world, held by 15,892 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 3,874 people, or 1 in 5,371. Other than Sri Lanka it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Wathsala
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