Weerawanni Surname

423,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 818 people bear this surname

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

Weerawanni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weerawanni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
England41:13,929,515290,718
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Weerawanni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Weerawanni is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Weerawanni.

How Common Is The Last Name Weerawanni? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 423,328th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Weerawanni are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Barring Sri Lanka this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Weerawanni
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