Amarasuriya Surname

138,487th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,231 people bear this surname

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

Amarasuriya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amarasuriya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,1431:6,621967
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Singapore171:323,98313,856
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
England71:7,959,723202,100
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Amarasuriya Last Name Facts

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

Amarasuriya is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amarasuriya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Amarasuriya is the 138,487th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,255,508 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Amarasuriya live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 3,143 people, or 1 in 6,621. Besides Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and Singapore, where 1 percent are found.

Amarasuriya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Amarasuriya last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Amarasuriya earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 179.89% more than the national average, earning $120,771 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 Amarasuriya
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