Wickramanayake Surname

45,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,471 people bear this surname

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

Wickramanayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wickramanayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka11,2561:1,849260
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Australia451:599,90442,958
Qatar341:69,3536,725
England271:2,063,63279,942
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Wickramanayake Last Name Facts

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

Wickramanayake occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wickramanayake? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 45,252nd most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 635,302 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wickramanayake are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Wickramanayake is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 11,256 people, or 1 in 1,849. Besides Sri Lanka Wickramanayake occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Wickramanayake Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wickramanayake surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.

Wickramanayake earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.36% less than the national average, earning $40,838 USD per year.

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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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wickramanayake
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