Wijesoma Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

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

Wijesoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wijesoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Wijesoma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wijesoma occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wijesoma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 643,972nd most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Wijesoma are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Wijesoma is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 47,400. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weasoma8017/
Wiesema804/
Woessoma751/
Weesommai71399/
Waisommat7114/
Waesama67245/
Waisama6793/
Weasama675/
Baisoma673/
Viisoma671/

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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 Wijesoma
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