Kanagaratnam Surname

93,995th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,070 people bear this surname

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

Kanagaratnam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanagaratnam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,9471:5,272767
Canada3721:99,04710,758
England2401:232,15919,279
Malaysia1311:225,14712,981
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
Australia391:692,19746,687
Norway341:151,24418,822
Ireland271:174,4057,679
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Qatar161:147,37516,023
France131:5,109,440259,941
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
India61:127,844,230863,365
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Kanagaratnam (1,655) may also be a first name.

Kanagaratnam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanagaratnam (Marathi: कनगार) is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanagaratnam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 93,995th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,437,386 people. The last name Kanagaratnam is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Kanagaratnam live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kanagaratnam is also the 189,342nd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 1,655 people.

The last name Kanagaratnam is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 3,947 people, or 1 in 5,272. Apart from Sri Lanka this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Kanagaratnam Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kanagaratnam earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.69% less than the national average, earning 288,327 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 149.67% more than the national average, earning R 593,316 per year; in United States they earn 22.19% more than the national average, earning $52,724 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.15% more than the national average, earning $50,254 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kanagaratnam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanagaratnam in the Marathi language
कनगारkanagara-

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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 Kanagaratnam
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