Wickramasinghe Surname

5,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111,027 people bear this surname

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

Wickramasinghe Surname User-submission:

This surname originates from a honorary title given by a Sri Lankan king for showing exceptional talent in the battlefield. It comes from wickrama, which means 'valorous', and singha, which means 'lion'. Therefore the surname means 'valorous like a lion'.

Wickramasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka108,6851:19116
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
United Arab Emirates4221:21,7122,501
Australia3831:70,4858,346
United States2181:1,662,656110,804
England2151:259,15420,728
Qatar2091:11,2821,235
Kuwait1351:28,1533,584
Canada1111:331,94230,257
Singapore301:183,5907,666
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Oman141:263,4264,299
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Wales121:257,87814,969
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
India71:109,580,769786,157
Maldives61:67,3622,983
France61:11,070,454349,096
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
China21:683,660,78330,601
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Wickramasinghe (723) may also be a first name.

Wickramasinghe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname originates from a honorary title given by a Sri Lankan king for showing exceptional talent in the battlefield. It comes from wickrama, which means 'valorous', and singha, which means 'lion'. Therefore the surname means 'valorous like a lion'.

- imaduranga

Wickramasinghe Last Name Facts

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

Wickramasinghe is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wickramasinghe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wickramasinghe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,094th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,638 people. The last name Wickramasinghe occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wickramasinghe reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Wickramasinghe is also the 306,882nd most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 723 people.

Wickramasinghe is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 108,685 people, or 1 in 191. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Wickramasinghe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wickramasinghe are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wickramasinghe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.6% more than the national average, earning $44,701 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.27% more than the national average, earning $56,278 CAD per year.

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