Basnayaka Surname

82,984th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,834 people bear this surname

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

Basnayaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basnayaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5,7741:3,604507
Qatar221:107,18211,536
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
England21:27,859,030389,889
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Basnayake8924,856/
Basnayeka894/
Baznayaka891/
Bangoyaka784/
Bangayuka781/
Npanayaka781/
Banyeka7548/
Banauka752/
Basnake751/
Banaika751/
Banaikay714/
Vonayaka711/
Basneyke711/
Banaukad711/
Banyioka711/
Bonnayika6711/

Basnayaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Basnayaka in the Russian language
Баснаякаbasnaaka-

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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 Basnayaka
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