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
The surname Wijeyekoon occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijeyekoon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wijeyekoon is the 475,771st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 10,366,353 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Wijeyekoon reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Not including Sri Lanka this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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