Wadasinghe Surname

348,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,049 people bear this surname

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

Wadasinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wadasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0231:20,3412,776
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England11:55,718,059489,080
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Wadasinghe Last Name Facts

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

Wadasinghe is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wadasinghe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wadasinghe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 348,286th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 6,947,136 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wadasinghe are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Besides Sri Lanka Wadasinghe exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.

Wadasinghe Last Name Statistics demography

Wadasinghe earn a lot more than the average income. In Canada they earn 47.65% more than the national average, earning $73,355 CAD per year.

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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 Wadasinghe
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