Wijeyanathan Surname
Approximately 372 people bear this surname
Wijeyanathan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Wijeyanathan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijeyanathan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijeyanathan is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijeyanathan? popularity and diffusion
Wijeyanathan is the 766,190th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wijeyanathan are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Wijeyanathan is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Not including Sri Lanka this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijayanathan | 92 | 5 | / |
| Vijeyanathan | 92 | 5 | / |
| Vijayanathan | 83 | 817 | / |
| Vijiyanathan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Viseanathan | 78 | 5 | / |
| Vjayanathan | 78 | 3 | / |
| Vijaynathan | 78 | 3 | / |
| Vejayanathan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vaitiyanathan | 72 | 5 | / |
| Vythiyanathan | 72 | 1 | / |
| Weejonathan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Vaithiyanathan | 69 | 362 | / |
| Vaithayanathan | 69 | 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 Wijeyanathan
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