Wijeyekoon Surname
Approximately 703 people bear this surname
Wijeyekoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wijeyekoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijeyekoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wijeyekoon has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijeyekoon? popularity and diffusion
Wijeyekoon is the 475,771st most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 10,366,353 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Wijeyekoon live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Outside of Sri Lanka it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wijeykoon | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wijeekoon | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wijeyakoon | 90 | 4 | / |
| Wijekoon | 89 | 29,526 | / |
| Wijekon | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wijayakoon | 80 | 1,415 | / |
| Wijekone | 78 | 9 | / |
| Wejekoon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wijekkon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wijwkoon | 78 | 1 | / |
| Wijikon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wijaya Kwon | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wittayakoon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wijeguna | 56 | 2 | / |
| Wijakkan | 56 | 1 | / |
| Wijakana | 56 | 1 | / |
| Waijakan | 56 | 1 | / |
| Wijukkana | 53 | 1 | / |
| Wijakkhana | 50 | 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 Wijeyekoon
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