Wewage Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Wewage Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wewage Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wewage Last Name Facts

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

Wewage occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Wewage click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wewage? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Wewage are found; 64 percent are found in South Asia and 64 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Wewage is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,312,062. Not including Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Thailand, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wewege83556/
Wawage8356/
Wewagi831/
Weewase774/
Vewange771/
Wiwagee771/
Bewaighe711/
Wavage6734/
Bewagi6712/
Uewase674/
Wejswaser673/
Wiwige672/
Wawagi671/
Wewasi671/

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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
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  • 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 Wewage
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