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 last name Sooriya (Hindi: सूरिया, Marathi: सूरीया) is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sooriya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 321,376th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,271,554 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Sooriya are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 208,413th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 1,406 people.
The surname Sooriya is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,096 people, or 1 in 18,986. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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