Ameratunga Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Ameratunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Ameratunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameratunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ameratunga occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ameratunga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameratunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Ameratunga are found; 80 percent are found in Australasia and 80 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most common in New Zealand, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 226,416. In New Zealand it is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent live. Beside New Zealand this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 30 percent live and Sri Lanka, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaratunga | 90 | 10,520 | / |
| Amarathunga | 86 | 8,874 | / |
| Amaeartunga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amartunga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Amaratung | 84 | 1 | / |
| Omratunnga | 80 | 18 | / |
| Ameruding | 74 | 13 | / |
| Amartonga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Amerding | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iamratnachai | 64 | 35 | / |
| Ameroding | 63 | 126 | / |
| Amerodeng | 63 | 2 | / |
| Aimratanachai | 61 | 1 | / |
| Amirudding | 60 | 2 | / |
| Amartouang | 60 | 1 | / |
| Imratnachai | 57 | 100 | / |
| Amourtouang | 57 | 1 | / |
| Umaru Danga | 57 | 1 | / |
| Amroding | 56 | 37 | / |
| Amriding | 56 | 16 | / |
| Eiamrattanachai | 56 | 1 | / |
| Amiroding | 53 | 8 | / |
| Am-Riding | 53 | 1 | / |
| Omrawatnachai | 52 | 45 | / |
| Yamreudeewong | 52 | 1 | / |
| Yamirudeng | 50 | 116 | / |
| Ummaru Dangayu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Iamrutta Awong | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ameratunga
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