Sooriya Surname
Approximately 1,162 people bear this surname
Sooriya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sooriya (1,406) may also be a first name.
Sooriya Demographics
Average Sooriya Salary in
England
£23,485
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sooriya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sooriya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sooriya (Hindi: सूरिया, Marathi: सूरीया) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sooriya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 321,376th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,271,554 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sooriya live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sooriya is also the 208,413th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 1,406 people.
The last name Sooriya is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Outside of Sri Lanka Sooriya occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sooriya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sooriya in the Marathi language | ||
| सूरीया | suriya | - |
| Sooriya in the Hindi language | ||
| सूरिया | suriya | 54.55 |
| सूरईया | sura'iya | 27.27 |
| सूरइया | sura'iya | 18.18 |
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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 Sooriya
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