Atthanayake Surname

345,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,059 people bear this surname

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

Atthanayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atthanayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,0231:20,3412,776
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Atthanayake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Atthanayake is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Atthanayake? popularity and diffusion

The surname Atthanayake is the 345,633rd most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,881,535 people. The surname Atthanayake occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Atthanayake are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Atthanayake is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,023 people, or 1 in 20,341. Beside Sri Lanka this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Atthanayake
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