Dandeniya Surname

155,891st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,810 people bear this surname

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

Dandeniya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dandeniya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,7041:7,6951,125
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
England371:1,505,89364,828
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Dandeniya Last Name Facts

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

Dandeniya is found most in Sri Lanka. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dandeniya? popularity and diffusion

Dandeniya is the 155,891st most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,593,433 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dandeniya are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,704 people, or 1 in 7,695. Aside from Sri Lanka it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Dandeniya
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