Wijetilleke Surname

250,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,583 people bear this surname

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

Wijetilleke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wijetilleke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,5351:13,5561,941
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Wijetilleke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wijetilleke occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Wijetilleke click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wijetilleke? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 250,527th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,603,630 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Wijetilleke reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,535 people, or 1 in 13,556. Beside Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Wijetilleke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wijetilleke last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

The amount Wijetilleke earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 35.96% more than the national average, earning $58,667 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.32% less than the national average, earning $45,551 CAD 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 Wijetilleke
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