Nisantha Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

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

Nisantha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nisantha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Nisantha (1,252) may also be a first name.

Nisantha Last Name Facts

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

Nisantha is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nisantha.

How Common Is The Last Name Nisantha? popularity and diffusion

Nisantha is the 902,012th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. Nisantha occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nisantha reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 223,127th most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 1,252 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Beside Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Nisantha
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