Wijesuriya Surname
Approximately 18,773 people bear this surname
Wijesuriya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 18,273 | 1:1,139 | 152 |
| England | 127 | 1:438,725 | 29,288 |
| Australia | 100 | 1:269,957 | 24,430 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
Wijesuriya Demographics
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Wijesuriya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijesuriya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijesuriya is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wijesuriya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijesuriya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wijesuriya is the 28,601st most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 388,193 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijesuriya are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Wijesuriya is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 18,273 people, or 1 in 1,139. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Wijesuriya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wijesuriya last name are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wijesuriya earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.98% more than the national average, earning $47,888 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% less than the national average, earning $49,439 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijesuriyas | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wigesuriya | 90 | 2 | / |
| Wisesuriya | 90 | 1 | / |
| Wijesooriya | 86 | 18,323 | / |
| Wijesciriya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wijessoriya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wijeysooriya | 82 | 295 | / |
| Wjesooriya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wejesooriya | 76 | 19 | / |
| Vijisooriya | 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
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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 Wijesuriya
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