Pemasiri Surname

329,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Pemasiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pemasiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0961:18,9862,610
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pemasiri (604) may also be a first name.

Pemasiri Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pemasiri Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Pemasiri has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pemasiri.

How Common Is The Last Name Pemasiri? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 329,447th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 6,477,819 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pemasiri reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 340,092nd most numerous first name globally It is held by 604 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Excluding Sri Lanka it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pemesiri881/
Pamasiri881/
Pimhasiri822/
Phimhasiri781/
Pimmahasiri744/
Pimashira711/
Pomeesiri711/
Phimmahasiri704/
Pamaisirea677/
Pamassere591/

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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 Pemasiri
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