Wijetunga Surname
Approximately 7,937 people bear this surname
Wijetunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 7,674 | 1:2,712 | 372 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Wijetunga Demographics
Average Wijetunga Salary in
United States
$49,702 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wijetunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijetunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijetunga is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijetunga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 63,153rd most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 918,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijetunga live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Wijetunga is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 7,674 people, or 1 in 2,712. Besides Sri Lanka Wijetunga is found in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
Wijetunga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wijetunga surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wijetunga earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.19% more than the national average, earning $49,702 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.3% more than the national average, earning $51,323 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijethunga | 95 | 12,645 | / |
| Wijejtunga | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wijtunga | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wijethungha | 90 | 1 | / |
| Wijetunge | 89 | 7,788 | / |
| Wijitunga | 89 | 3 | / |
| Vijetunga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wijethunge | 84 | 3,549 | / |
| Wejethunga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Weethunga | 78 | 1 | / |
| Beitunga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Viyathunga | 63 | 1 | / |
| Woutoungou | 53 | 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 Wijetunga
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