Dassanaike Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

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

Dassanaike Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dassanaike Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
England201:2,785,90397,972
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Dassanaike Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dassanaike occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dassanaike click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dassanaike? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dassanaike is the 580,291st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,470,510 people. The surname Dassanaike is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Dassanaike reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

It is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Beside Sri Lanka it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

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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 Dassanaike
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