Ceylon Surname
Approximately 25,933 people bear this surname
Ceylon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 22,112 | 1:1,195 | 172 |
| Iraq | 2,201 | 1:15,912 | 1,032 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| South Africa | 255 | 1:212,462 | 22,434 |
| Afghanistan | 65 | 1:494,664 | 6,293 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Ceylon (11,126) may also be a first name.
Ceylon Demographics
Average Ceylon Salary in
South Africa
R 127,020
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ceylon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ceylon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ceylon (Arabic: بسيلان) is found most in Yemen. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ceylon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 21,026th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 281,014 people. The last name Ceylon occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ceylon reside; 94 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Ceylon is also the 57,036th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 11,126 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 22,112 people, or 1 in 1,195. In Yemen Ceylon is most frequent in: 'Amran Governorate, where 20 percent reside, Hajjah Governorate, where 19 percent reside and Al Jawf Governorate, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Yemen this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 8 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 4 percent reside.
Ceylon Last Name Statistics demography
Ceylon earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.55% less than the national average, earning R 127,020 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ceylon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ceylon in the Arabic language | ||
| بسيلان | bsylan | - |
| السيلاني | alsylany | - |
| سيلان | sylan | - |
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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 Ceylon
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