Weerakoon Surname

15,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,950 people bear this surname

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

Weerakoon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weerakoon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka36,3261:57365
United Arab Emirates1571:58,3585,656
Australia1401:192,82619,093
United States1001:3,624,589201,936
England891:626,04636,944
Qatar341:69,3536,725
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
India51:153,413,076951,030
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Oman41:921,9937,313
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brunei11:418,7313,893
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Weerakoon (17) may also be a first name.

Weerakoon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weerakoon is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Weerakoon? popularity and diffusion

Weerakoon is the 15,072nd most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 197,227 people. Weerakoon is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Weerakoon are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most common forename at a global level It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 36,326 people, or 1 in 573. Not including Sri Lanka this surname is found in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Weerakoon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Weerakoon are 0.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.33% registered to vote for the political party.

Weerakoon earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.97% more than the national average, earning $46,156 USD 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 Weerakoon
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