Nanayakkara Surname

6,299th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89,690 people bear this surname

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

Nanayakkara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanayakkara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka87,4891:23819
United Arab Emirates4521:20,2712,351
Australia4501:59,9907,275
United States2771:1,308,51691,569
England2451:227,42118,997
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Canada1201:307,04728,331
Qatar1061:22,2452,387
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
New Zealand751:60,3789,390
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Thailand261:2,716,859279,944
Seychelles181:5,133784
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Maldives131:31,0901,777
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Oman111:335,2704,992
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
France61:11,070,454349,096
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
China21:683,660,78330,601
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Aruba11:103,4772,586

Nanayakkara (671) may also be a first name.

Nanayakkara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nanayakkara is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanayakkara? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nanayakkara is the 6,299th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,253 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nanayakkara live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Nanayakkara is also the 320,288th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 671 people.

The surname Nanayakkara is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 87,489 people, or 1 in 238. Beside Sri Lanka this surname is found in 49 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Nanayakkara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nanayakkara surname are 8.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.36% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nanayakkara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 66.42% less than the national average, earning €10,085 per year; in United States they earn 26.04% more than the national average, earning $54,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $46,971 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nannayakkara961/
Nanayakkaara961/
Nanaykkara95366/
Nanayakara95301/
Nanayakhara914/
Nanayakkare914/
Nanayakkera913/
Nanayakaara911/
Nanaykara901/
Nanayakera861/

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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 Nanayakkara
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