Wijenayake Surname
Approximately 11,863 people bear this surname
Wijenayake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 11,694 | 1:1,779 | 247 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Wijenayake Demographics
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Wijenayake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijenayake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijenayake has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wijenayake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijenayake? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 43,814th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 614,309 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wijenayake reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 11,694 people, or 1 in 1,779. Other than Sri Lanka it occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Wijenayake Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wijenayake last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
Wijenayake earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.13% more than the national average, earning $46,226 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijenayke | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wijenayaka | 90 | 3,189 | / |
| Wijenake | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wijenaike | 84 | 600 | / |
| Wienike | 71 | 13 | / |
| Vijaynayak | 70 | 3 | / |
| Wienicke | 67 | 227 | / |
| Wiesnaik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wienieke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bojjinayak | 60 | 1 | / |
| Wieniec | 59 | 4 | / |
| Wieneek | 59 | 1 | / |
| Wieniecki | 53 | 53 | / |
| Wiinaikka | 53 | 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 Wijenayake
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