Jeerasinghe Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Jeerasinghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Jeerasinghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeerasinghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jeerasinghe occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Jeerasinghe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeerasinghe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 757,040th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Jeerasinghe are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Jeerasinghe is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Not including Sri Lanka this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eerasinghe | 95 | 1 | / |
| Seerasinghe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Jirasinghe | 86 | 294 | / |
| Serasinghee | 82 | 1 | / |
| Irasinghe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jerange | 78 | 0 | / |
| Jirasingha | 76 | 1 | / |
| Jeerangi | 74 | 25 | / |
| Jeurange | 74 | 2 | / |
| Erange | 71 | 2 | / |
| Seherange | 70 | 30 | / |
| Airasinge | 70 | 13 | / |
| Sirasinge | 70 | 1 | / |
| Errasinga | 70 | 1 | / |
| Hirasinge | 70 | 1 | / |
| Jirange | 67 | 636 | / |
| Gerange | 67 | 413 | / |
| Erangey | 67 | 157 | / |
| Serange | 67 | 155 | / |
| Cerange | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yerange | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yerrasingi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Jeerasinghe
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