Jayasingha Surname

62,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,093 people bear this surname

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

Jayasingha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jayasingha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka7,8211:2,661363
United Arab Emirates721:127,25410,508
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Qatar341:69,3536,725
England311:1,797,35772,927
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
India111:69,733,217610,955
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397

Jayasingha (341) may also be a first name.

Jayasingha Last Name Facts

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

Jayasingha (Hindi: जयसिंह, Marathi: जयिंसग, Oriya: ଜୟସିଂହ) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jayasingha? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 62,068th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 900,475 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Jayasingha reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Jayasingha is also the 472,872nd most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 341 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 7,821 people, or 1 in 2,661. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

Jayasingha Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Jayasingha earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 25.91% less than the national average, earning $31,969 USD per year and in Canada they earn 42.63% more than the national average, earning $70,863 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Jayasingha Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jayasingha in the Marathi language
जयिंसगjayinsaga-
Jayasingha in the Oriya language
ଜୟସିଂହjayasinha81.25
ଜୟସିjayasi12.5
ଜୟjaya6.25
Jayasingha in the Hindi language
जयसिंहjayasinha66.67
जयसिंहाjayasinha33.33

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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 Jayasingha
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