Suraweera Surname

32,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,510 people bear this surname

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

Suraweera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suraweera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka16,2261:1,282179
United Arab Emirates961:95,4408,441
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Qatar411:57,5125,907
Australia321:843,61652,533
England191:2,932,529101,561
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824

Suraweera (432) may also be a first name.

Suraweera Last Name Facts

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

Suraweera is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Suraweera? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 32,273rd most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 441,402 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Suraweera live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 412,918th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 432 people.

It is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 16,226 people, or 1 in 1,282. Beside Sri Lanka Suraweera occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Suraweera Last Name Statistics demography

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

Suraweera earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.41% less than the national average, earning $40,816 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sureaweera951/
Suraveera899/
Sutrawira7810/
Siuravera786/
Sureira7551/
Surairat71170/
Surreira71116/
Sureiray714/
Suraaree713/
Surajraj712/
Suravara711/
Surajara711/
Surioara711/
Surawirot6751/
Surare6724/
Surajaras6716/
Surawiroj6714/
Suriyaraj6713/
Suriyarat6712/
Sutrairat671/
Surawirod671/
Suraviras671/

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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 Suraweera
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