Wickramasuriya Surname

93,582nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,097 people bear this surname

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

Wickramasuriya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wickramasuriya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,8971:4,249617
Australia501:539,91440,287
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
United States341:10,660,557428,392
England291:1,921,31276,208
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Wickramasuriya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wickramasuriya is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wickramasuriya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wickramasuriya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 93,582nd most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,429,772 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Wickramasuriya live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 4,897 people, or 1 in 4,249. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Wickramasuriya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wickramasuriya are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% registered with the party.

The amount Wickramasuriya earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 37% less than the national average, earning $27,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.8% more than the national average, earning $54,056 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 Wickramasuriya
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