Weerawardene Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

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

Weerawardene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weerawardene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Weerawardene Last Name Facts

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

Weerawardene is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Weerawardene.

How Common Is The Last Name Weerawardene? popularity and diffusion

The last name Weerawardene is the 906,170th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. Weerawardene occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Weerawardene are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Weerawardene is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Not including Sri Lanka this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Weerawardene
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