Jayesinghe Surname

733,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 395 people bear this surname

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

Jayesinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jayesinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
United States171:21,321,114641,998
England71:7,959,723202,100
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Jayesinghe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jayesinghe occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jayesinghe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 733,258th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Jayesinghe live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Jayesinghe is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Jayesinghe Last Name Statistics demography

Jayesinghe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 55.35% more than the national average, earning $67,031 USD per year.

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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 Jayesinghe
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