Wijayawardane Surname

427,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 809 people bear this surname

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

Wijayawardane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wijayawardane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England11:55,718,059489,080

Wijayawardane Last Name Facts

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

Wijayawardane is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wijayawardane.

How Common Is The Last Name Wijayawardane? popularity and diffusion

Wijayawardane is the 427,014th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,008,091 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Wijayawardane live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

Wijayawardane is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Not including Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Wijayawardane
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