Wijemanne Surname

98,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,822 people bear this surname

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

Wijemanne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wijemanne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,7511:4,380641
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Wijemanne Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wijemanne is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wijemanne? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 98,336th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,511,312 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wijemanne reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 4,751 people, or 1 in 4,380. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Wijemanne Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wijemanne earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 186.8% more than the national average, earning $123,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.16% less than the national average, earning $30,725 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 Wijemanne
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