Sujeewa Surname

172,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,500 people bear this surname

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

Sujeewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sujeewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,4851:8,3741,222
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Sujeewa (32,750) may also be a first name.

Sujeewa Last Name Facts

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

Sujeewa is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sujeewa.

How Common Is The Last Name Sujeewa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 172,115th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,915,018 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sujeewa are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Sujeewa is also the 26,041st most common given name world-wide, borne by 32,750 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,485 people, or 1 in 8,374. Barring Sri Lanka it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sajeewa86883/
Sujeeva86294/
Sujiwa77172/
Seewua779/
Siujwa774/
Sajewa774/
Sujeva773/
Seewaj771/
Sejewa771/
Shuewa771/
Sseewa771/
Sujeba771/
Suseeva7135/
Sajeeva7118/
Suewaja7110/
Sheewah718/
Sujevad716/
Sujeeve714/
Seewaja712/
Suheeva711/
Susewat711/
Shajewa711/
Sheejwa711/
Seiwa671,070/
Sauwa67984/
Sueue67171/
Xujwa67114/
Souwa67102/
Sejwa6777/
Seeva6773/
Seuwa6762/
Seehawat6733/
Suiwa6729/
Sueva6727/
Sueve6719/
Seawa6719/
Sajwa6717/
Suzheeva6711/
Suywa679/
Seywa675/
Sayeewaa671/
Sujua671/
Sheeawad671/
Ceewa671/
Seeyowai671/
Seehaway671/
Shujawat671/

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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 Sujeewa
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis