Somaweera Surname

162,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,667 people bear this surname

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

Somaweera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somaweera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,6311:7,9091,153
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Somaweera (15) may also be a first name.

Somaweera Last Name Facts

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

Somaweera is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Somaweera? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 162,950th most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,732,488 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Somaweera live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Somaweera is also the 2,900,335th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

Somaweera is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 2,631 people, or 1 in 7,909. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Somaweera Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Somaweera last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Somaweera earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.63% more than the national average, earning $45,146 USD per year.

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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 Somaweera
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