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
Average Jayaweera Salary in
United States
$74,919 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jayaweera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jayaweera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jayaweera occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jayaweera? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,220th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 145,701 people. It is predominantly 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 commonly held forename internationally, borne by 877 people.
It is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 48,751 people, or 1 in 427. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
Jayaweera Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Jayaweera are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for 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
- 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 Jayaweera
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