Walisinghe Surname

314,042nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,196 people bear this surname

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

Walisinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walisinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,1691:17,8002,457
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
England11:55,718,059489,080
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Walisinghe Last Name Facts

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

Walisinghe is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walisinghe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 314,042nd most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,093,266 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Walisinghe are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,169 people, or 1 in 17,800. Without taking into account Sri Lanka Walisinghe is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Walisinghe
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