Wanigarathna Surname
Approximately 1,698 people bear this surname
Wanigarathna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,681 | 1:12,379 | 1,773 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanigarathna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanigarathna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wanigarathna occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanigarathna? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wanigarathna is the 236,630th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,291,841 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wanigarathna live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Wanigarathna is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,681 people, or 1 in 12,379. Beside Sri Lanka it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanigaratna | 96 | 14 | / |
| Wanigarathne | 92 | 1,173 | / |
| Wanigaratne | 87 | 2,324 | / |
| Wongratthana | 75 | 113 | / |
| Wongwarathanyoo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wongweerayothin | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Wanigarathna
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