Wimalaratne Surname
Approximately 4,619 people bear this surname
Wimalaratne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 4,532 | 1:4,591 | 672 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimalarathne | 96 | 3,326 | / |
| Wimaalaratne | 96 | 1 | / |
| Wimalaratn | 95 | 1 | / |
| Wimalaratna | 91 | 1,435 | / |
| Wimalarathna | 87 | 4,438 | / |
| Wimalaratana | 87 | 10 | / |
| Wimallarathna | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vimalarathna | 78 | 10 | / |
| Wimalawardhana | 72 | 1 | / |
| Wimalawardena | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Wimalaratne
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