Abeysekera Surname

42,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,116 people bear this surname

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

Abeysekera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abeysekera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka11,6211:1,791250
United States1331:2,725,255163,031
England1001:557,18134,216
Australia841:321,37727,634
Canada461:800,99162,809
Qatar411:57,5125,907
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Austria141:608,24554,975
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Sweden111:895,16066,831
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Wales41:773,63329,106
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
France11:66,422,722504,397

Abeysekera Last Name Facts

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

The surname Abeysekera is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abeysekera? popularity and diffusion

It is the 42,960th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 601,481 people. The surname Abeysekera occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Abeysekera reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

Abeysekera is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 11,621 people, or 1 in 1,791. Excluding Sri Lanka it occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Abeysekera Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Abeysekera surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Abeysekera earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 32.39% more than the national average, earning $57,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.4% less than the national average, earning $47,001 CAD per year.

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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
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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 Abeysekera
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