Munasinghe Surname

9,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,241 people bear this surname

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

Munasinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Munasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka59,0571:35234
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United Arab Emirates1571:58,3585,656
England1321:422,10728,563
Australia1141:236,80422,158
Qatar1061:22,2452,387
United States1051:3,451,990194,849
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Canada391:944,75971,777
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Oman41:921,9937,313
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Münasinghe (1) are calculated separately.

Munasinghe (655) may also be a first name.

Munasinghe Last Name Facts

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

Munasinghe is found most in Sri Lanka. It can also occur in the variant forms: Münasinghe. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Munasinghe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 9,389th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 120,973 people. The surname Munasinghe is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Munasinghe reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 324,429th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 655 people.

The surname is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 59,057 people, or 1 in 352. Besides Sri Lanka Munasinghe is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Munasinghe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Munasinghe surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.23% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Munasinghe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 69.88% less than the national average, earning €9,046 per year; in United States they earn 41.81% more than the national average, earning $61,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.78% more than the national average, earning $65,474 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Münasinghe971/
Munasinge95365/
Munasinghje951/
Munasingha902,736/
Munasimghe901/
Moonasinghe86517/
Munasenge841/
Mungasenge801/
Monassingha761/
Munasgi711/

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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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  • 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 Munasinghe
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