Wickramaratne Surname

38,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,584 people bear this surname

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

Wickramaratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wickramaratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka13,2291:1,573219
Australia911:296,65626,074
United States871:4,166,195223,594
England621:898,67846,462
United Arab Emirates571:160,74211,909
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Oman41:921,9937,313
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Wickramaratne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wickramaratne occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wickramaratne? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 38,713th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 536,480 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wickramaratne live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Wickramaratne is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 13,229 people, or 1 in 1,573. Not including Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Wickramaratne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wickramaratne last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wickramaratne earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 49.08% more than the national average, earning $64,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning $45,319 CAD 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
  • 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 Wickramaratne
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