Wanigesekera Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Wanigesekera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wanigesekera 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
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
England81:6,964,757184,742
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Wanigesekera Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wanigesekera occurs more in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wanigesekera? popularity and diffusion

Wanigesekera is the 4,307,654th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Wanigesekera live; 52 percent live in Australasia and 52 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 2,454,155. In Australia Wanigesekera is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 91 percent are found and Queensland, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Australia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 38 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 5 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
Wanigesekra961/
Wanigasekera924,272/
Wanigesekara921/
Wanigasekara8310,366/

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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
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  • 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 Wanigesekera
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