Piyasekara Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Piyasekara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Piyasekara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piyasekara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piyasekara occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Piyasekara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piyasekara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 546,286th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Piyasekara are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Without taking into account Sri Lanka Piyasekara exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Piyasekara
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