Premawardena Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Premawardena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 731 | 1:28,466 | 3,639 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Premawardena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Premawardena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Premawardena is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Premawardena.
How Common Is The Last Name Premawardena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Premawardena is the 453,909th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,755,751 people. Premawardena occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Premawardena live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 731 people, or 1 in 28,466. Not including Sri Lanka it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premawardhena | 96 | 1 | / |
| Premawardana | 92 | 1,250 | / |
| Premawardhana | 88 | 1,335 | / |
| Premawardane | 83 | 9 | / |
| Premawardhane | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pormarden | 76 | 0 | / |
| Pramowardana | 75 | 17 | / |
| Primawardani | 75 | 8 | / |
| Pramawardani | 75 | 6 | / |
| Permiwardeen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Premaratna | 73 | 1,342 | / |
| Premaretne | 73 | 1 | / |
| Premratana | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pramuwardhana | 72 | 16 | / |
| Pramardinah | 70 | 21 | / |
| Pramuwardani | 67 | 47 | / |
| Premartin | 67 | 45 | / |
| Premratna | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paramawartin | 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 Premawardena
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