Wijayasekera Surname
Approximately 448 people bear this surname
Wijayasekera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Wijayasekera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijayasekera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wijayasekera is most common in Sri Lanka. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Wijayasekera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijayasekera? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 668,257th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 16,266,844 people. The surname Wijayasekera is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijayasekera are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijayasekara | 92 | 2,732 | / |
| Wijeysekera | 87 | 1 | / |
| Wijeyesekera | 83 | 1,903 | / |
| Vijayasekara | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vijayasekere | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wijesekera | 82 | 9,048 | / |
| Wijeyesekerea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wijeskera | 76 | 1 | / |
| Wijeyesekere | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wajeyesekera | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wijesekara | 73 | 25,316 | / |
| Wijesekere | 73 | 53 | / |
| Wijesekora | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wigeyeseskera | 72 | 2 | / |
| Wijesejkara | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wijesekare | 64 | 7 | / |
| Wijesakara | 64 | 4 | / |
| Wijeyesakere | 58 | 7 | / |
| Wijeskara | 57 | 2 | / |
| Wijesikara | 55 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wijayasekera
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