Weragama Surname
Approximately 1,997 people bear this surname
Weragama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,973 | 1:10,547 | 1,525 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Weragama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weragama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weragama is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Weragama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weragama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 207,335th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,649,247 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Weragama reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Weragama is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,973 people, or 1 in 10,547. Aside from Sri Lanka Weragama is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weheragama | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wiragama | 88 | 53 | / |
| Beragama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Viragama | 75 | 26 | / |
| Varagama | 75 | 6 | / |
| Beragamo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beragame | 75 | 1 | / |
| Veerangamma | 74 | 8 | / |
| Virangama | 71 | 5 | / |
| Byragamma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Varagamma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Viragaimay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wairzagami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Viragamaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Viragami | 63 | 4 | / |
| Birogama | 63 | 3 | / |
| Byragami | 63 | 1 | / |
| Viragamiy | 59 | 45 | / |
| Virangami | 59 | 8 | / |
| Bairagami | 59 | 1 | / |
| Worougouma | 56 | 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 Weragama
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