Dassanayake Surname
Approximately 26,978 people bear this surname
Dassanayake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 26,459 | 1:786 | 94 |
| Australia | 96 | 1:281,205 | 25,117 |
| England | 93 | 1:599,119 | 35,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 73 | 1:125,511 | 10,390 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Dassanayake (10) may also be a first name.
Dassanayake Demographics
Average Dassanayake Salary in
United States
$35,406 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dassanayake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dassanayake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dassanayake (Russian: Дассанаяке) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dassanayake.
How Common Is The Last Name Dassanayake? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dassanayake is the 20,275th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 270,129 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Dassanayake live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
It is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 26,459 people, or 1 in 786. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Dassanayake Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Dassanayake last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.82% registered with the party.
The amount Dassanayake earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 17.94% less than the national average, earning $35,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.69% more than the national average, earning $54,499 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dassanauyake | 96 | 1 | / |
| Dassanayakee | 96 | 1 | / |
| Dasanayake | 95 | 14,427 | / |
| Dassanayak | 95 | 3 | / |
| Dassanayke | 95 | 1 | / |
| Dassanayaka | 91 | 3,363 | / |
| Dassanayeke | 91 | 10 | / |
| Dasanayak | 90 | 8 | / |
| Dasanayke | 90 | 4 | / |
| Dasanayaka | 86 | 13,124 | / |
| Dassanaike | 86 | 541 | / |
| Dhasanayak | 86 | 1 | / |
| Desanayake | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dashanayak | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dasanayk | 84 | 1 | / |
| Dassanayeka | 82 | 2 | / |
| Dasanaike | 80 | 12 | / |
| Dasanayka | 80 | 4 | / |
| Dassenaike | 76 | 535 | / |
| Dasanayeka | 76 | 9 | / |
| Dassenaieke | 73 | 884 | / |
| Dashanaik | 70 | 5 | / |
| Dasanijag | 60 | 7 | / |
Dassanayake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dassanayake in the Russian language | ||
| Дассанаяке | dassanaake | - |
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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 Dassanayake
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