Cooray Surname
Approximately 40,693 people bear this surname
Cooray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 39,542 | 1:526 | 59 |
| Australia | 331 | 1:81,558 | 9,472 |
| England | 167 | 1:333,641 | 24,529 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Qatar | 106 | 1:22,245 | 2,387 |
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Cooray Demographics
Average Cooray Salary in
United States
$51,684 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cooray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cooray Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cooray is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Cooray click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cooray? popularity and diffusion
Cooray is the 13,718th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 179,086 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Cooray reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Cooray is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 39,542 people, or 1 in 526. Outside of Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Cooray Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cooray surname are 19.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.73% registered with the political party.
The amount Cooray earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 19.78% more than the national average, earning $51,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.78% more than the national average, earning $63,487 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
- 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 Cooray
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