Weerathunga Surname
Approximately 9,030 people bear this surname
Weerathunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 8,917 | 1:2,334 | 311 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Weerathunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weerathunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weerathunga is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weerathunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weerathunga is the 56,185th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 807,037 people. Weerathunga occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Weerathunga are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 8,917 people, or 1 in 2,334. Excluding Sri Lanka this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weerathungha | 96 | 1 | / |
| Weeratunga | 95 | 6,660 | / |
| Weerathunge | 91 | 1,101 | / |
| Weerethunga | 91 | 1 | / |
| Weerathunghe | 87 | 4 | / |
| Weeratunge | 86 | 3,352 | / |
| Wirathunga | 86 | 9 | / |
| Wiratunga | 80 | 1,168 | / |
| Biratunga | 70 | 1 | / |
| Veratoga | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vyratunha | 60 | 3 | / |
| Wiratono | 53 | 19 | / |
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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 Weerathunga
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