Weerawansa Surname
Approximately 1,393 people bear this surname
Weerawansa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,389 | 1:14,981 | 2,125 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
Weerawansa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weerawansa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weerawansa is found most in Sri Lanka. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Weerawansa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weerawansa is the 277,914th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,231,548 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Weerawansa reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,389 people, or 1 in 14,981. Outside of Sri Lanka it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weerawansha | 95 | 731 | / |
| Weerawanse | 90 | 1 | / |
| Weerawanshe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wirawansa | 84 | 4 | / |
| Virawansa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Weerawonge | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wirawanssos | 67 | 10 | / |
| Beravansi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Beravanshi | 60 | 7 | / |
| Berabanshi | 60 | 5 | / |
| Birabansi | 53 | 2 | / |
| Berabangi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Birabanshi | 50 | 13 | / |
| Biravanshi | 50 | 12 | / |
| Viravanshi | 50 | 5 | / |
| Birabannsi | 50 | 5 | / |
| Bairavansi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Weerawansa
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