Wickremeratne Surname

341,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,075 people bear this surname

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

Wickremeratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wickremeratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0231:20,3412,776
England161:3,482,379114,324
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Wickremeratne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wickremeratne is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wickremeratne click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wickremeratne? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 341,576th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,779,112 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Wickremeratne are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Wickremeratne is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Not including Sri Lanka it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Wickremeratne Last Name Statistics demography

Wickremeratne earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28% more than the national average, earning $55,229 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
  • 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 Wickremeratne
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