Dahanayake Surname

34,317th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,446 people bear this surname

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

Dahanayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dahanayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka15,2761:1,362193
Australia531:509,35338,491
United States311:11,692,224454,091
England221:2,532,63991,802
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Dahanayake Last Name Facts

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

Dahanayake occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dahanayake.

How Common Is The Last Name Dahanayake? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 34,317th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 471,808 people. The last name Dahanayake occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Dahanayake are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 15,276 people, or 1 in 1,362. Not including Sri Lanka this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Dahanayake Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Dahanayake earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 29.16% less than the national average, earning $30,567 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.24% more than the national average, earning $59,242 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 Dahanayake
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