Amarasinghe Surname
Approximately 74,734 people bear this surname
Amarasinghe Surname User-submission:
The Amarasinghe surname means 'immortal lion'.
Amara means 'immortal'.
Singhe means 'lion'.
Amarasinghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 72,798 | 1:286 | 28 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| United Arab Emirates | 262 | 1:34,971 | 3,721 |
| England | 212 | 1:262,821 | 20,935 |
| United States | 200 | 1:1,812,295 | 118,682 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Australia | 155 | 1:174,166 | 17,758 |
| Qatar | 150 | 1:15,720 | 1,709 |
| Canada | 80 | 1:460,570 | 39,784 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Oman | 14 | 1:263,426 | 4,299 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Amarasinghe (664) may also be a first name.
Amarasinghe Surname Meaning
Amarasinghe Demographics
Average Amarasinghe Salary in
United States
$50,701 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aamarasinghe | 96 | 9 | / |
| Amarashinghe | 96 | 1 | / |
| Amarassinghe | 96 | 1 | / |
| Amaraasinghe | 96 | 1 | / |
| Amarasingheh | 96 | 1 | / |
| Amarasinnghe | 96 | 1 | / |
| Amarasinge | 95 | 2 | / |
| Amarasingha | 91 | 4,801 | / |
| Amarasinghi | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ammarasingha | 87 | 1 | / |
| Amarasingi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Amarasinga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amorasingha | 82 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
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