Amarasinghe Surname

7,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74,734 people bear this surname

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

Amarasinghe Surname User-submission:

The Amarasinghe surname means 'immortal lion'.

Amara means 'immortal'.

Singhe means 'lion'.

Amarasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka72,7981:28628
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
United Arab Emirates2621:34,9713,721
England2121:262,82120,935
United States2001:1,812,295118,682
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Australia1551:174,16617,758
Qatar1501:15,7201,709
Canada801:460,57039,784
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Oman141:263,4264,299
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
India51:153,413,076951,030
Maldives51:80,8343,218
France51:13,284,544357,392
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Amarasinghe (664) may also be a first name.

Amarasinghe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Amarasinghe surname means 'immortal lion'.

Amara means 'immortal'.

Singhe means 'lion'.

- vindhya

The Amarasinghe surname means 'immortal lion'.

- prasanna

Amarasinghe Last Name Facts

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

Amarasinghe is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amarasinghe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,590th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 97,513 people. Amarasinghe occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Amarasinghe live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 322,067th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 664 people.

Amarasinghe is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 72,798 people, or 1 in 286. Aside from Sri Lanka Amarasinghe is found in 41 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Amarasinghe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Amarasinghe last name are 29.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.74% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Amarasinghe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.13% more than the national average, earning R 404,304 per year; in United States they earn 17.5% more than the national average, earning $50,701 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% less than the national average, earning $49,441 CAD per year.

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