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

Karunanayake is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Karunanayake.

How Common Is The Last Name Karunanayake? popularity and diffusion

It is the 26,606th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 360,609 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Karunanayake reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 520,883rd most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 288 people.

Karunanayake is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 19,954 people, or 1 in 1,043. Barring Sri Lanka it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Karunanayake Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Karunanayake are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with 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
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  • 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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