Amarasena Surname

65,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,627 people bear this surname

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

Amarasena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amarasena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka7,4551:2,791384
England361:1,547,72466,012
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Maldives41:101,0433,565
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Amarasena (725) may also be a first name.

Amarasena Last Name Facts

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

Amarasena occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Amarasena.

How Common Is The Last Name Amarasena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 65,441st most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 955,493 people. The surname Amarasena occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Amarasena reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 306,386th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 725 people.

The last name Amarasena is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 7,455 people, or 1 in 2,791. Besides Sri Lanka Amarasena is found in 15 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Amarasena Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Amarasena earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 30.73% more than the national average, earning R 310,656 per year and in United States they earn 21.4% less than the national average, earning $33,917 USD per year.

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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 Amarasena
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