Basnayaka Surname
Approximately 5,834 people bear this surname
Basnayaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5,774 | 1:3,604 | 507 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Basnayaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basnayaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Basnayaka (Russian: Баснаяка) is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Basnayaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 82,984th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,249,151 people. Basnayaka occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Basnayaka live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
It is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 5,774 people, or 1 in 3,604. Other than Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Basnayaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basnayaka in the Russian language | ||
| Баснаяка | basnaaka | - |
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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 Basnayaka
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