Illeperuma Surname

110,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,212 people bear this surname

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

Illeperuma Surname User-submission:

The Illeperuma surname comes from a combination of Tamil and Sinhala words. Ile in Tamil means 'Sri Lanka', a similar Tamil word is ilangei. Peruma is an ancient Sinhala word, meaning 'the leader', it has been broken from the word parumaka, used in ancient stone inscriptions to indicate the leader of the village.

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Illeperuma Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,1661:4,995720
United States141:25,889,924709,614
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England41:13,929,515290,718
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
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Illeperuma Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Illeperuma surname comes from a combination of Tamil and Sinhala words. Ile in Tamil means 'Sri Lanka', a similar Tamil word is ilangei. Peruma is an ancient Sinhala word, meaning 'the leader', it has been broken from the word parumaka, used in ancient stone inscriptions to indicate the leader of the village. Hence the surname Illeperuma means 'leader of Sri Lanka'.

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Illeperuma Demographics

Average Illeperuma Salary in
United States

$70,125 USD

Per year
Rank:
106,430 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
4.1112E-6
Rank: 709,047 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
162.51%
Sample size: 5 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Illeperuma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Illeperuma (Russian: Иллеперума) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Illeperuma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 110,363rd most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,730,187 people. The surname Illeperuma occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Illeperuma live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Illeperuma is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 4,166 people, or 1 in 4,995. Beside Sri Lanka this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Illeperuma Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Illeperuma surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered with the political party.

The amount Illeperuma earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 62.52% more than the national average, earning $70,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.93% more than the national average, earning $50,643 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ileperuma952,013/
Illeyperuma951/
Illapperuma864/
Eleperuma84668/
Ilapperuma80894/
Ilayperuma80683/
Eleperauma801/
Eleyperuma801/
Ailapperuma76665/
Al Peruma741/
Elayaperuma6718/
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Illeperuma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Illeperuma in the Russian language
Иллеперумаilleperuma-

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