Attanayake Surname

21,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,801 people bear this surname

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

Attanayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Attanayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka24,4851:850103
Australia481:562,41041,290
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
England401:1,392,95161,553
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
United States301:12,081,964463,456
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Maldives31:134,7244,057
France21:33,211,361423,184
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Attanayake (15) may also be a first name.

Attanayake Last Name Facts

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

Attanayake is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Attanayake.

How Common Is The Last Name Attanayake? popularity and diffusion

The surname Attanayake is the 21,921st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 293,841 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Attanayake are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 15 people.

It is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 24,485 people, or 1 in 850. Beside Sri Lanka it occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and New Zealand, where 0 percent reside.

Attanayake Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Attanayake earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 8.84% more than the national average, earning $46,962 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.47% less than the national average, earning $35,538 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
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  • 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 Attanayake
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