Dissanayeke Surname
Approximately 595 people bear this surname
Dissanayeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Dissanayeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dissanayeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dissanayeke is most common in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dissanayeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 540,057th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 12,247,976 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Dissanayeke live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Other than Sri Lanka this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Dissanayeke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dissanayeke has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Dissanayeke last name rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dissanayke | 95 | 814 | / |
| Dissanayake | 91 | 197,290 | / |
| Dissanayeka | 91 | 512 | / |
| Dissanayske | 91 | 1 | / |
| Dissanake | 90 | 1 | / |
| Dissanayakei | 87 | 1 | / |
| Disanayake | 86 | 4,212 | / |
| Dissanaike | 86 | 687 | / |
| Dissanayak | 86 | 20 | / |
| Dissanayka | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dissanayaka | 82 | 44,508 | / |
| Disaanayake | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dissanayaks | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dissanayakg | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dissonayake | 82 | 1 | / |
| Disseneyeke | 82 | 1 | / |
| Disanayak | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dysanayek | 80 | 1 | / |
| Disshanayaka | 78 | 1 | / |
| Disanayaka | 76 | 6,222 | / |
| Desanayake | 76 | 1 | / |
| Disanajake | 76 | 1 | / |
| Disanayaki | 76 | 1 | / |
| Desanayik | 70 | 16 | / |
| Desanayak | 70 | 5 | / |
| Desanaekh | 70 | 1 | / |
| Deshanayak | 67 | 92 | / |
| Desianayak | 67 | 62 | / |
| Desanayaka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Desanaik | 63 | 2 | / |
| Deshanaik | 60 | 1 | / |
| Desanaux | 53 | 15 | / |
| Desannaux | 50 | 145 | / |
| Désannaux | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Dissanayeke
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