Bandaranayake Surname

34,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,504 people bear this surname

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

Bandaranayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bandaranayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka15,2761:1,362193
United States491:7,397,121336,459
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Australia431:627,80744,139
England201:2,785,90397,972
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Bandaranayake Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bandaranayake occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bandaranayake? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 34,191st most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 470,043 people. The surname Bandaranayake is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bandaranayake live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 15,276 people, or 1 in 1,362. Not including Sri Lanka Bandaranayake occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Bandaranayake Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bandaranayake last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.

Bandaranayake earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.82% less than the national average, earning $26,400 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 Bandaranayake
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