'Hewa

given name · Latin script

'Hewa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country, where it is the 31st most common given name.

rarermore common
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 7.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SESweden1 in 103K
  • IQIraq≈1 in 288K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,200 people, est.

Sources
47 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Sri Lanka, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hewa in LK Sri Lanka, GB United Kingdom, MY Malaysia and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

'Hewa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where 'Hewa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LK Sri Lanka#31≈3,200 est.≈1 in 7.1K—Hewa47
IQ Iraq—≈140 est.≈1 in 288K—Hewa8
SE Sweden—991 in 103K99—1
GB United Kingdom—≈82 est.≈1 in 806K—Hewa22
MY Malaysia—≈63 est.≈1 in 519K—Hewa5
DK Denmark—131 in 451K9——
NO Norway—≈11 est.≈1 in 480K30——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists 'Hewa under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is 'Hewa a male or female name?
'Hewa is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does 'Hewa have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named 'Hewa in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hewa.
How common is the name 'Hewa?
In Sweden, the national register counted 99 people named 'Hewa, about 1 in 103 thousand residents.
How common is 'Hewa compared with other names?
In Sri Lanka, 'Hewa is the 31st most common given name of 14,062 given names recorded there.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/'hewa

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “'Hewa” — the 31st most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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