Dheerasinghe Surname

303,968th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname

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

Dheerasinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dheerasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,2431:16,7412,341
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dheerasinghe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dheerasinghe is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dheerasinghe.

How Common Is The Last Name Dheerasinghe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dheerasinghe is the 303,968th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,844,062 people. The surname Dheerasinghe occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Dheerasinghe live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,243 people, or 1 in 16,741. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Dheerasinghe
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