Most Common Sri Lankan Surnames & Meanings

Most Common Last Names In Sri Lanka

Forebears knows about 47,018 unique surnames in Sri Lanka and there are 442 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency
1	Perera	965,666	1:22
2	Fernando	583,843	1:36
3	de Silva	335,264	1:62
4	Bandara	254,719	1:82
5	Kumara	225,994	1:92
6	Dissanayake	193,396	1:108
7	Mohamed	173,370	1:120
8	Gamage	167,596	1:124
9	Liyanage	161,237	1:129
10	Jayasinghe	159,336	1:131
11	Ranasinghe	156,486	1:133
12	Herath	138,067	1:151
13	Weerasinghe	136,605	1:152
14	Peiris	129,881	1:160
15	Rathnayake	115,336	1:180
16	Wickramasinghe	108,685	1:191
17	Wijesinghe	106,200	1:196
18	Hettiarachchi	98,087	1:212
19	Nanayakkara	87,489	1:238
20	Ahamed	83,542	1:249
21	Rajapaksha	79,741	1:261
22	Mendis	79,157	1:263
23	Pathirana	78,791	1:264
24	Ekanayake	78,206	1:266
25	Gunasekara	77,768	1:268
26	Dias	75,794	1:275
27	Sampath	75,356	1:276
28	Amarasinghe	72,798	1:286
29	Ratnayake	66,950	1:311
30	Chathuranga	65,781	1:316
31	Senanayake	61,688	1:337
32	Samarasinghe	60,811	1:342
33	Lakmal	60,226	1:346
34	Munasinghe	59,057	1:352
35	Rodrigo	58,034	1:359
36	Seneviratne	57,814	1:360
37	Rathnayaka	55,914	1:372
38	Edirisinghe	54,379	1:383
39	Jayawardena	54,233	1:384
40	Fonseka	53,794	1:387
41	Sanjeewa	52,771	1:394
42	Gunawardana	52,186	1:399
43	Prasad	51,528	1:404
44	Gunawardena	50,871	1:409
45	Karunaratne	50,286	1:414
46	Jayaweera	48,751	1:427
47	Jayasekara	48,605	1:428
48	Ranaweera	47,509	1:438
49	Jayawardana	45,754	1:455
50	Jayasuriya	45,389	1:458
51	Madusanka	45,170	1:461
52	Alwis	45,023	1:462
53	Rajapakse	44,877	1:464
54	Karunarathna	44,146	1:471
55	Dissanayaka	43,927	1:474
56	Jayakody	43,269	1:481
57	Samarakoon	41,588	1:500
58	Kariyawasam	41,442	1:502
59	Cooray	39,542	1:526
60	Karunarathne	39,322	1:529
61	Kumari	39,176	1:531
62	Abeysinghe	38,665	1:538
63	Rupasinghe	36,984	1:563
64	Sandaruwan	36,618	1:568
65	Weerakoon	36,326	1:573
66	Jayalath	35,595	1:585
67	Gunasekera	34,791	1:598
68	de Alwis	34,133	1:610
69	Madushanka	33,402	1:623
70	Jayasundara	33,329	1:624
71	Tennakoon	33,256	1:626
72	Vithanage	32,964	1:631
72	Weerasekara	32,964	1:631
74	Subasinghe	32,160	1:647
75	Kumarasinghe	31,429	1:662
76	Hewage	31,063	1:670
77	Gunarathna	30,113	1:691
77	Gunaratne	30,113	1:691
79	Prasanna	30,040	1:693
80	Samaraweera	29,894	1:696
81	Athukorala	29,601	1:703
81	Maduranga	29,601	1:703
83	Wijeratne	29,309	1:710
84	Wijekoon	29,090	1:715
85	Gunathilaka	28,944	1:719
86	Hussain	28,578	1:728
87	Pushpakumara	28,432	1:732
88	Priyadarshana	28,359	1:734
89	Samaranayake	28,140	1:739
90	Jayathilaka	27,920	1:745
90	Lanka	27,920	1:745
92	Siriwardana	26,897	1:774
93	Gunathilake	26,532	1:784
94	Dassanayake	26,459	1:786
95	Senevirathne	26,312	1:791
96	Pradeep	25,874	1:804
97	Mohammed	25,582	1:813
98	Yapa	25,508	1:816
99	Priyankara	24,997	1:832

100	Wijesekara	24,851	1:837
101	Desilva	24,778	1:840
102	Indika	24,704	1:842
103	Attanayake	24,485	1:850
103	Farook	24,485	1:850
103	Ranathunga	24,485	1:850
106	Basnayake	24,266	1:858
107	Senaratne	23,900	1:871
108	Withanage	22,658	1:918
109	Abdul	22,585	1:921
110	Madushan	22,366	1:930
111	Nishantha	21,854	1:952
112	Mohideen	21,781	1:955
113	Chamara	21,635	1:962
113	Wijerathne	21,635	1:962
115	Sri	21,562	1:965
116	Kannangara	21,488	1:968
117	Siriwardena	21,415	1:972
118	Adikari	21,342	1:975
119	Jayarathna	21,269	1:978
120	Kodithuwakku	21,196	1:982
120	Nuwan	21,196	1:982
122	Sameera	20,977	1:992
122	Senevirathna	20,977	1:992
124	Dilrukshi	20,904	1:995
125	Priyantha	20,684	1:1,006
126	Wanniarachchi	20,611	1:1,010
127	Wijerathna	20,538	1:1,013
128	Jayathilake	20,392	1:1,020
128	Rajakaruna	20,392	1:1,020
128	Udayanga	20,392	1:1,020
131	Gunarathne	20,319	1:1,024
132	Lakmali	20,100	1:1,035
132	Ranatunga	20,100	1:1,035
134	Abeykoon	20,027	1:1,039
135	Karunanayake	19,954	1:1,043
136	Jayasooriya	19,734	1:1,054
136	Tharanga	19,734	1:1,054
138	Abeywickrama	19,661	1:1,058
139	Guruge	19,588	1:1,062
139	Senarath	19,588	1:1,062
139	Wijesundara	19,588	1:1,062
142	Jayasekera	19,515	1:1,066
143	Balasuriya	19,442	1:1,070
144	Hassan	19,369	1:1,074
144	Samarawickrama	19,369	1:1,074
146	Weerakkody	19,223	1:1,082
147	Chandrasiri	19,077	1:1,091
148	Marasinghe	18,930	1:1,099
149	Dilshan	18,711	1:1,112
150	Kuruppu	18,638	1:1,116
150	Priyadarshani	18,638	1:1,116
152	Atapattu	18,273	1:1,139
152	Madushani	18,273	1:1,139
152	Wijesuriya	18,273	1:1,139
155	Kaluarachchi	18,126	1:1,148
155	Weerasooriya	18,126	1:1,148
157	Wijesooriya	18,053	1:1,153
158	Balasooriya	17,907	1:1,162
158	Kodikara	17,907	1:1,162
160	Roshan	17,761	1:1,172
160	de Zoysa	17,761	1:1,172
162	Jayaratne	17,688	1:1,176
163	Alahakoon	17,542	1:1,186
164	Tissera	17,469	1:1,191
165	Amarasekara	17,395	1:1,196
166	Darshana	17,322	1:1,201
166	Senarathna	17,322	1:1,201
168	Kulathunga	17,249	1:1,206
168	Thilakarathna	17,249	1:1,206
170	Gayan	17,176	1:1,211
171	Rajapakshe	17,103	1:1,217
172	Dharmasena	17,030	1:1,222
173	Sandamali	16,957	1:1,227
174	Raj	16,811	1:1,238
175	Jayawickrama	16,738	1:1,243
176	Gunawardhana	16,665	1:1,249
177	Ekanayaka	16,372	1:1,271
177	Suranga	16,372	1:1,271
179	Prabath	16,226	1:1,282
179	Suraweera	16,226	1:1,282
181	Ismail	16,153	1:1,288
182	Jayarathne	16,080	1:1,294
183	Cader	15,934	1:1,306
183	de Mel	15,934	1:1,306
185	Chandrasekara	15,861	1:1,312
185	Senarathne	15,861	1:1,312
187	Ranawaka	15,787	1:1,318
188	Chaminda	15,714	1:1,324
188	Nissanka	15,714	1:1,324
190	Thilakarathne	15,568	1:1,337
191	Hameed	15,422	1:1,349
192	Anuradha	15,349	1:1,356
193	Bandaranayake	15,276	1:1,362