Weerasekara Surname

16,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,225 people bear this surname

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

Weerasekara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weerasekara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka32,9641:63172
United Arab Emirates631:145,43311,563
Australia501:539,91440,287
Qatar411:57,5125,907
England381:1,466,26563,675
United States321:11,326,842445,236
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Weerasekara (439) may also be a first name.

Weerasekara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Weerasekara occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weerasekara? popularity and diffusion

Weerasekara is the 16,713th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 219,339 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Weerasekara reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Weerasekara is also the 409,203rd most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 439 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 32,964 people, or 1 in 631. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Weerasekara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Weerasekara are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Weerasekara earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.94% less than the national average, earning $29,366 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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Weerasekara
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