Thiwanka Surname

238,146th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,684 people bear this surname

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

Thiwanka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Thiwanka Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,6811:12,3791,773
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Thiwanka (7,566) may also be a first name.

Thiwanka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thiwanka is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Thiwanka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 238,146th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,327,521 people. The surname Thiwanka is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Thiwanka reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 73,777th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 7,566 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,681 people, or 1 in 12,379. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Korea, where 0 percent are found and New Zealand, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiwanka931/
Thivanka88512/
Tiwonka801/
Tiwankoh751/
Thevankat715/
Tibanko6734/
Tivonka672/
Tivenko533/
Tibanco533/
Tibaunco501/
Tyhvenko501/
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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 Thiwanka
  • 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