Amerasinghe Surname

102,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,611 people bear this surname

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

Amerasinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amerasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,4581:4,668680
United States511:7,107,038327,397
England171:3,277,533109,658
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Singapore131:423,66918,211
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Amerasinghe Last Name Facts

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

Amerasinghe is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amerasinghe.

How Common Is The Last Name Amerasinghe? popularity and diffusion

Amerasinghe is the 102,236th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,580,470 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Amerasinghe are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 4,458 people, or 1 in 4,668. Besides Sri Lanka this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Amerasinghe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Amerasinghe last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Amerasinghe earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 17.51% more than the national average, earning $50,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $35,360 CAD 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 Amerasinghe
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