Wijerathna Surname
Approximately 20,732 people bear this surname
Wijerathna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 20,538 | 1:1,013 | 127 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Wijerathna (516) may also be a first name.
Wijerathna Demographics
Average Wijerathna Salary in
United States
$38,844 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wijerathna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijerathna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijerathna occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijerathna? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wijerathna is the 25,962nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 351,512 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Wijerathna reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 372,032nd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 516 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 20,538 people, or 1 in 1,013. Other than Sri Lanka this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 0 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
Wijerathna Last Name Statistics demography
Wijerathna earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.98% less than the national average, earning $38,844 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijeratna | 95 | 2,976 | / |
| Wijerathnaya | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wijerathne | 90 | 21,724 | / |
| Vijerathna | 90 | 10 | / |
| Wejerathna | 90 | 9 | / |
| Wijarathna | 90 | 9 | / |
| Wojerathna | 90 | 1 | / |
| Wieratna | 89 | 20 | / |
| Wijyarathna | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wijeratne | 84 | 30,273 | / |
| Wijeyratne | 80 | 5 | / |
| Vijerathne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weeratna | 78 | 372 | / |
| Wairatna | 78 | 48 | / |
| Wijaratno | 74 | 24 | / |
| Wijayratne | 70 | 6 | / |
| Wairotna | 67 | 66 | / |
| Wyeratne | 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
- 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 Wijerathna
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