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
Wijesingh is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijesingh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Wijesingh is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Wijesingh reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
Wijesingh is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,202,140. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 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 Wijesingh
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