Welagedera Surname
Approximately 441 people bear this surname
Welagedera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
Welagedera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welagedera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welagedera is found most in Sri Lanka. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welagedera? popularity and diffusion
Welagedera is the 676,370th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. The surname Welagedera occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Welagedera live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welagedara | 90 | 6,996 | / |
| Welegedera | 90 | 8 | / |
| Wilagedera | 90 | 1 | / |
| Welagedhara | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wewalagedara | 82 | 1 | / |
| Welegedara | 80 | 585 | / |
| Walagedara | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wilagedara | 80 | 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 Welagedera
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