Munasinghe Surname
Approximately 60,241 people bear this surname
Munasinghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 59,057 | 1:352 | 34 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United Arab Emirates | 157 | 1:58,358 | 5,656 |
| England | 132 | 1:422,107 | 28,563 |
| Australia | 114 | 1:236,804 | 22,158 |
| Qatar | 106 | 1:22,245 | 2,387 |
| United States | 105 | 1:3,451,990 | 194,849 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Münasinghe (1) are calculated separately.
Munasinghe (655) may also be a first name.
Munasinghe Demographics
Average Munasinghe Salary in
United States
$61,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Munasinghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Munasinghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Munasinghe is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may also be found as a variant: Münasinghe. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Munasinghe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 9,389th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 120,973 people. It is mostly 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 commonly held first name globally, borne by 655 people.
The last name Munasinghe is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 59,057 people, or 1 in 352. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
Munasinghe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Munasinghe are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.23% registered with 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Münasinghe | 97 | 1 | / |
| Munasinge | 95 | 365 | / |
| Munasinghje | 95 | 1 | / |
| Munasingha | 90 | 2,736 | / |
| Munasimghe | 90 | 1 | / |
| Moonasinghe | 86 | 517 | / |
| Munasenge | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mungasenge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Monassingha | 76 | 1 | / |
| Munasgi | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Munasinghe
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