Welipitiya Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Welipitiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Welipitiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welipitiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Welipitiya is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welipitiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 671,677th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Welipitiya live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Barring Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welipitiye | 90 | 1 | / |
| Walahpitiya | 76 | 1 | / |
| Walpita | 71 | 3,991 | / |
| Welpati | 71 | 19 | / |
| Wilpita | 71 | 2 | / |
| Walipata | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wilaipit | 67 | 4 | / |
| Walibita | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wilipata | 67 | 1 | / |
| Velupittai | 60 | 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 Welipitiya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis