Abayasekera Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Abayasekera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Abayasekera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abayasekera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abayasekera occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abayasekera? popularity and diffusion
It is the 590,896th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,802,170 people. The surname Abayasekera is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Abayasekera live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abayasekara | 91 | 1,479 | / |
| Abeyasekera | 91 | 767 | / |
| Abeysekera | 86 | 12,116 | / |
| Abeyesekera | 82 | 1,162 | / |
| Abeyasekara | 82 | 587 | / |
| Abayasakara | 82 | 1 | / |
| Abeysekeera | 82 | 1 | / |
| Abeyasekere | 82 | 1 | / |
| Obeysekera | 76 | 1,271 | / |
| Abeysekira | 76 | 2 | / |
| Abeysekery | 76 | 1 | / |
| Abeyzekera | 76 | 1 | / |
| Abeysekere | 76 | 1 | / |
| Obeyesekera | 73 | 529 | / |
| Abeyesekere | 73 | 321 | / |
| Obeyasekara | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obeysekara | 67 | 1,043 | / |
| Obeysekere | 67 | 14 | / |
| Obeyesekere | 64 | 1,577 | / |
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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 Abayasekera
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