Obeysekara Surname
Approximately 1,043 people bear this surname
Obeysekara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,023 | 1:20,341 | 2,776 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Obeysekara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeysekara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeysekara has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Obeysekara.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeysekara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obeysekara is the 349,967th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,987,101 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Obeysekara live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Obeysekara is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Not including Sri Lanka this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesekara | 95 | 9 | / |
| Obeyasekara | 95 | 1 | / |
| Abeysekara | 90 | 13,267 | / |
| Obeysekera | 90 | 1,271 | / |
| Ubeysekara | 90 | 19 | / |
| Obeysekare | 90 | 10 | / |
| Abeyasekara | 86 | 587 | / |
| Obeyesekera | 86 | 529 | / |
| Ubeyasekara | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abesekara | 84 | 1,340 | / |
| Ubesekara | 84 | 9 | / |
| Abysekara | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abeysekera | 80 | 12,116 | / |
| Abyesekara | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abeysekare | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abayasekara | 76 | 1,479 | / |
| Abeyesekera | 76 | 1,162 | / |
| Abeyasekera | 76 | 767 | / |
| Ubayasekara | 76 | 7 | / |
| Abeysekeera | 76 | 1 | / |
| Abeyzekera | 70 | 1 | / |
| Abisekaraj | 70 | 1 | / |
| Abayasekera | 67 | 528 | / |
| Abayasakara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obiyesikari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obasekore | 63 | 150 | / |
| Abahskara | 63 | 1 | / |
| Obashekore | 60 | 1 | / |
| Obescoro | 56 | 1 | / |
| Abiscara | 56 | 0 | / |
| Obisokoro | 53 | 1 | / |
| Abaskharou | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Obeysekara
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis