Meedeniya Surname
Approximately 1,120 people bear this surname
Meedeniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Meedeniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meedeniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meedeniya is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Meedeniya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meedeniya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 330,612th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,506,737 people. The last name Meedeniya occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Meedeniya reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
Meedeniya is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Barring Sri Lanka Meedeniya exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meedaniya | 89 | 1 | / |
| Medaniya | 82 | 14 | / |
| Medoniya | 82 | 2 | / |
| Madeniya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mehdiniya | 78 | 2 | / |
| Mohdeniya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mednaya | 75 | 131 | / |
| Meednuy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meednui | 75 | 1 | / |
| Medenoy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Madaniya | 71 | 65 | / |
| Meddnaya | 71 | 28 | / |
| Meedanay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madiniya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Modaniya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madaniyah | 67 | 133 | / |
| Mahdaniya | 67 | 15 | / |
| Madhaniya | 67 | 12 | / |
| Madanniya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maidaniya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Modhaniya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Medhaniye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehedanui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madhoniya | 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 Meedeniya
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