Jayaratnam Surname

284,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,354 people bear this surname

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

Jayaratnam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jayaratnam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,1691:17,8002,457
Canada511:722,46357,796
Malaysia411:719,37133,828
England341:1,638,76668,634
India161:47,941,586492,263
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
France21:33,211,361423,184
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Jayaratnam (101) may also be a first name.

Jayaratnam Last Name Facts

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

Jayaratnam (Marathi: जयर, Oriya: ଜୟରତନ୍ମ୍) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jayaratnam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jayaratnam is the 284,289th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,382,235 people. The surname Jayaratnam occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Jayaratnam reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jayaratnam is also the 940,641st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 101 people.

It is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,169 people, or 1 in 17,800. Not including Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.

Jayaratnam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Jayaratnam earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 37.74% less than the national average, earning 215,471 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.43% more than the national average, earning $44,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.34% less than the national average, earning $48,518 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Jayaratnam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jayaratnam in the Marathi language
जयरjayara66.67
जयरामjayarama33.33
Jayaratnam in the Oriya language
ଜୟରତନ୍ମ୍jayaratanm50
ଜୟରତନ୍ମjayaratanma50

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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 Jayaratnam
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