Dewasinghe Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Dewasinghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dewasinghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewasinghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dewasinghe is found most in Sri Lanka. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewasinghe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 546,286th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dewasinghe are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Dewasinghe is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Aside from Sri Lanka Dewasinghe occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devasinghe | 90 | 513 | / |
| Dewasingha | 90 | 1 | / |
| Devasinge | 84 | 1 | / |
| Dewanger | 78 | 12 | / |
| Dewangee | 78 | 1 | / |
| Divasinge | 74 | 4 | / |
| Devange | 71 | 60 | / |
| Dewangi | 71 | 33 | / |
| Dewanga | 71 | 10 | / |
| Deiswanger | 70 | 1 | / |
| Dewangga | 67 | 2,433 | / |
| Dewuanga | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dewanggi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Devanght | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dewasinghe
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