Ekenayake Surname
Approximately 516 people bear this surname
Ekenayake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekenayake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekenayake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekenayake is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ekenayake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekenayake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 601,907th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ekenayake are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Ekenayake is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Beside Sri Lanka this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eakenayake | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ekanayake | 89 | 79,929 | / |
| Ekenayaka | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ekenake | 88 | 6 | / |
| Eakanayake | 84 | 2 | / |
| Ekannayake | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ekanayakke | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ekanayke | 82 | 441 | / |
| Ekenaike | 82 | 13 | / |
| Ekanayaki | 78 | 2 | / |
| Akanayake | 78 | 1 | / |
| D'Ekenake | 78 | 1 | / |
| Jekenyeke | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ekenike | 75 | 3 | / |
| Aikanayaki | 63 | 20 | / |
| Ekeneyog | 59 | 1 | / |
| Aicanayaki | 53 | 59 | / |
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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 Ekenayake
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