Wijeweera Surname
Approximately 6,560 people bear this surname
Wijeweera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 6,432 | 1:3,235 | 458 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Wijeweera Demographics
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Wijeweera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijeweera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wijeweera occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wijeweera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijeweera? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,917th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,110,906 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijeweera are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 6,432 people, or 1 in 3,235. Outside of Sri Lanka it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Wijeweera Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wijeweera are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wijeweera earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 11.03% more than the national average, earning $47,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 54.36% less than the national average, earning $22,673 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
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