Wellalage Surname
Approximately 767 people bear this surname
Wellalage Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 731 | 1:28,466 | 3,639 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wellalage Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wellalage Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wellalage occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wellalage click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wellalage? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 444,963rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 9,501,364 people. The last name Wellalage is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wellalage reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 731 people, or 1 in 28,466. Outside of Sri Lanka it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellawalage | 90 | 1 | / |
| Will Lage | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bellalache | 74 | 1 | / |
| Walalgie | 71 | 13 | / |
| Wewalwala Hewage | 64 | 1 | / |
| Wewelwala Hewage | 64 | 1 | / |
| Vellalachi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wolelge | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bellalouche | 60 | 1 | / |
| Walulege | 59 | 10 | / |
| Villaloga | 56 | 3 | / |
| Villalocha | 53 | 12 | / |
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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 Wellalage
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