Welagedara Surname
Approximately 6,996 people bear this surname
Welagedara Surname User-submission:
Welagedara is a Sinhalese surname. It comes from wela, meaning 'paddy', and gedara, meaning 'house'. So Welagedara means 'paddyfield-house'.
Welagedara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 6,870 | 1:3,029 | 417 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Welagedara Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Welagedara is a Sinhalese surname. It comes from wela, meaning 'paddy', and gedara, meaning 'house'. So Welagedara means 'paddyfield-house'.
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Where Does The Last Name Welagedara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welagedara is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welagedara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 70,648th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,673 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Welagedara reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
It is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 6,870 people, or 1 in 3,029. Barring Sri Lanka this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Bahrain, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welagedhara | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wewalagedara | 91 | 1 | / |
| Welegedara | 90 | 585 | / |
| Welagedera | 90 | 441 | / |
| Walagedara | 90 | 9 | / |
| Wilagedara | 90 | 1 | / |
| Welegedera | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wilagedera | 80 | 1 | / |
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