Jayaweera Surname
Approximately 50,017 people bear this surname
Jayaweera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 48,751 | 1:427 | 46 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| United Arab Emirates | 171 | 1:53,581 | 5,240 |
| Australia | 163 | 1:165,618 | 17,113 |
| England | 155 | 1:359,471 | 25,733 |
| Qatar | 144 | 1:16,375 | 1,767 |
| United States | 78 | 1:4,646,909 | 242,363 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Jayaweera (877) may also be a first name.
Jayaweera Demographics
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Jayaweera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jayaweera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jayaweera is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jayaweera? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jayaweera is the 11,220th most common surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 145,701 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jayaweera live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Jayaweera is also the 274,607th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 877 people.
This last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 48,751 people, or 1 in 427. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Jayaweera Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jayaweera last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Jayaweera earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 73.63% more than the national average, earning $74,919 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.04% more than the national average, earning $64,607 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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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
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