Karunanayake Surname

26,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,209 people bear this surname

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

Karunanayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karunanayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka19,9541:1,043135
Australia731:369,80430,692
England491:1,137,10353,999
United States351:10,355,970420,657
United Arab Emirates311:295,55719,854
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Fiji11:894,3914,568
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Karunanayake (288) may also be a first name.

Karunanayake Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karunanayake occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karunanayake? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 26,606th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 360,609 people. Karunanayake occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Karunanayake are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Karunanayake is also the 520,883rd most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 288 people.

The last name Karunanayake is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 19,954 people, or 1 in 1,043. Besides Sri Lanka this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Karunanayake Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Karunanayake last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Karunanayake earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.26% more than the national average, earning $47,143 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.18% more than the national average, earning $52,753 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 Karunanayake
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