Dayawansha Surname

400,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 879 people bear this surname

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

Dayawansha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dayawansha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8771:23,7273,118
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Dayawansha Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dayawansha is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dayawansha? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 400,040th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,290,723 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Dayawansha live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 877 people, or 1 in 23,727. Outside of Sri Lanka Dayawansha occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 0 percent reside and South Korea, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Dayawansha
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