Wimalaratne Surname

102,092nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,619 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Wimalaratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wimalaratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,5321:4,591672
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bermuda11:65,2793,010

Wimalaratne (18) may also be a first name.

Wimalaratne Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wimalaratne is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wimalaratne? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wimalaratne is the 102,092nd most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,577,732 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Wimalaratne live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Wimalaratne is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 18 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 4,532 people, or 1 in 4,591. Barring Sri Lanka this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent live and Qatar, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wimalarathne963,326/
Wimaalaratne961/
Wimalaratn951/
Wimalaratna911,435/
Wimalarathna874,438/
Wimalaratana8710/
Wimallarathna831/
Vimalarathna7810/
Wimalawardhana721/
Wimalawardena674/

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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 Wimalaratne
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