Wijethilake Surname

180,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,363 people bear this surname

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

Wijethilake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wijethilake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,3391:8,8961,290
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Wijethilake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wijethilake is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wijethilake? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 180,383rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,084,023 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wijethilake live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 2,339 people, or 1 in 8,896. Apart from Sri Lanka it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Wijethilake Last Name Statistics demography

Wijethilake earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

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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 Wijethilake
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