Karunasinghe Surname

264,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,478 people bear this surname

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

Karunasinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karunasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,4621:14,2332,024
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Maldives11:404,1727,269
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Karunasinghe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karunasinghe is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karunasinghe.

How Common Is The Last Name Karunasinghe? popularity and diffusion

Karunasinghe is the 264,801st most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,930,681 people. The last name Karunasinghe occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Karunasinghe reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,462 people, or 1 in 14,233. Besides Sri Lanka Karunasinghe is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 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 Karunasinghe
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