Weerasinhe Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Weerasinhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Weerasinhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weerasinhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weerasinhe is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weerasinhe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 675,256th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. Weerasinhe occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Weerasinhe live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
It is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Beside Sri Lanka this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 0 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weerasingihe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weerasinge | 90 | 446 | / |
| Weerasinhha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weerasingie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Veerasinh | 84 | 2 | / |
| Weerasenee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Verasinh | 78 | 705 | / |
| Berasinh | 78 | 32 | / |
| Berasine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Weerasena | 74 | 4,528 | / |
| Berasienh | 74 | 1 | / |
| Warasinee | 74 | 1 | / |
| Wirasinee | 74 | 1 | / |
| Veerashem | 74 | 1 | / |
| Veerasenee | 70 | 1 | / |
| Veerashini | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wirashinha | 70 | 1 | / |
| Berasain | 67 | 677 | / |
| Virasinh | 67 | 236 | / |
| Wirasini | 67 | 73 | / |
| Birasinh | 67 | 37 | / |
| Berasini | 67 | 22 | / |
| Veragine | 67 | 3 | / |
| Birasine | 67 | 3 | / |
| Werasena | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Weerasinhe
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