Abeyesekera Surname

321,376th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,162 people bear this surname

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

Abeyesekera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abeyesekera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0961:18,9862,610
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England71:7,959,723202,100
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Abeyesekera Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abeyesekera is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abeyesekera? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 321,376th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 6,271,554 people. The last name Abeyesekera occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Abeyesekera reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Abeyesekera is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Aside from Sri Lanka it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.

Abeyesekera Last Name Statistics demography

Abeyesekera earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 1.18% more than the national average, earning $50,270 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abeysekera9512,116/
Abeyasekera91767/
Obeyesekera91529/
Abeyesekere91321/
Abeysekeera911/
Obeysekera861,271/
Abeysekira862/
Abeysekere861/
Abeysekery861/
Abeyzekera861/
Obeyesekere821,577/
Abeyasekara82587/
Abayasekera82528/
Abeyasekere821/
Obeysekara761,043/
Obeysekere7614/
Abayasekara731,479/
Obeyasekara731/
Abayasakara641/

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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 Abeyesekera
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