Kannangara Surname

24,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,064 people bear this surname

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

Kannangara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kannangara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka21,4881:968116
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
United Arab Emirates1161:78,9857,143
England901:619,09036,665
Australia791:341,71828,950
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Kannangara Last Name Facts

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

Kannangara occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kannangara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kannangara? popularity and diffusion

Kannangara is the 24,502nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 330,291 people. Kannangara occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kannangara live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

It is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 21,488 people, or 1 in 968. Not including Sri Lanka Kannangara exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Kannangara Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kannangara earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 101.4% more than the national average, earning $86,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.66% less than the national average, earning $46,872 CAD 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 Kannangara
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