Wijewardane Surname
Approximately 2,981 people bear this surname
Wijewardane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 2,924 | 1:7,116 | 1,038 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Wijewardane Demographics
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Wijewardane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijewardane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijewardane is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijewardane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wijewardane is the 148,340th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,444,665 people. Wijewardane occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijewardane reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Wijewardane is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,924 people, or 1 in 7,116. Not including Sri Lanka it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Wijewardane Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wijewardane surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.
Wijewardane earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 165.69% more than the national average, earning $114,641 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijewardhane | 96 | 889 | / |
| Wijewardana | 91 | 7,854 | / |
| Wijewardene | 91 | 1,965 | / |
| Wijewardhana | 87 | 3,589 | / |
| Wijewardhene | 87 | 9 | / |
| Wijeywardene | 87 | 1 | / |
| Waijewardhana | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wijewerdene | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wijaywardana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vijaywardan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Vijaywardhan | 70 | 3 | / |
| Boubardane | 57 | 2 | / |
| Boybardane | 57 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wijewardane
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