Wignarajah Surname
Approximately 611 people bear this surname
Wignarajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| England | 58 | 1:960,656 | 48,451 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wignarajah (15) may also be a first name.
Wignarajah Demographics
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Wignarajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wignarajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wignarajah is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wignarajah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 529,538th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,927,244 people. Wignarajah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Wignarajah reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Wignarajah is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 15 people.
Wignarajah is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
Wignarajah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wignarajah surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Wignarajah earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 29.46% more than the national average, earning $55,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.32% less than the national average, earning $49,522 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wignaraja | 95 | 455 | / |
| Vignarajah | 90 | 118 | / |
| Vignaraajah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vignaraja | 84 | 12 | / |
| Vignarojah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Winarasa | 78 | 13 | / |
| Winaraih | 78 | 8 | / |
| Vignaraj | 78 | 1 | / |
| Winariyah | 74 | 26 | / |
| Vignarasa | 74 | 5 | / |
| Binaraj | 71 | 4 | / |
| Vinaraj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bighnaraju | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vinayraj | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vinjaraj | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bainaraj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vinaraza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vinaraji | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wignarajah
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