Kanakaratne Surname
Approximately 829 people bear this surname
Kanakaratne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanakaratne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanakaratne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanakaratne occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kanakaratne.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanakaratne? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 418,906th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,790,767 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kanakaratne reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Excluding Sri Lanka this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanakarathne | 96 | 1 | / |
| Kanakaratn | 95 | 4 | / |
| Kanakaratna | 91 | 12 | / |
| Kanakarathna | 87 | 439 | / |
| Kanagaratn | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanagaratna | 82 | 10 | / |
| Canekeratne | 73 | 21 | / |
| Canagaratna | 73 | 16 | / |
| Kanokratana | 73 | 4 | / |
| Konkratna | 70 | 73 | / |
| Kanokrattana | 70 | 1 | / |
| Ganagaradane | 70 | 1 | / |
| Ghanakaradan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gangaratn | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gangaratna | 67 | 138 | / |
| Kankirawatana | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khangratna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gonkartnue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gangaratan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanakaratne
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