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
Munasinghe Political Affiliation
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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
| 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
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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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