Kanakaratne Surname

418,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 829 people bear this surname

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

Kanakaratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanakaratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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.

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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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