Wijeyewardena Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Wijeyewardena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wijeyewardena Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wijeyewardena Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wijeyewardena Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wijeyewardena is most common in Australia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Wijeyewardena click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wijeyewardena? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Wijeyewardena reside; 40 percent reside in Australasia and 40 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 13,497,850. In Australia Wijeyewardena is most numerous in: Victoria, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Australia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wijeywardena969/
Wijeyawardena92399/
Wijeyewardene9218/
Wijeyawardhena891/
Wijeywardene881/
Wijayawardena851,196/
Wijeyawardana85448/
Wijeyawardene856/
Wijaywardana801/
Wijayawardana772,658/
Wijayawardene776/
Wijayawardhana741,990/
Vijaywardhini622/
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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 Wijeyewardena
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