Wijesingh Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Wijesingh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wijesingh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijesingh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijesingh is most common in Sri Lanka. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijesingh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Wijesingh are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
Wijesingh is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,202,140. Barring Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
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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 Wijesingh
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