Wegiriya 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

Wegiriya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wegiriya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

Wegiriya Last Name Facts

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

Wegiriya is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wegiriya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 906,170th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name Wegiriya occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wegiriya are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Wegiriya is most frequently used 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 also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Nepal, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wegiriye881/
Vigiriya752/
Vegeriya751/
Begeriya751/
Vagairiya715/
Begiraj6713/
Vegiraj679/
Waicheriya674/
Wagirei673/
Wegerie671/

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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 Wegiriya
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