Premaratne Surname

47,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,901 people bear this surname

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

Premaratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Premaratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka10,5251:1,977274
United Arab Emirates1031:88,9547,958
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Australia401:674,89346,030
England341:1,638,76668,634
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Singapore171:323,98313,856
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Premaratne (941) may also be a first name.

Premaratne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Premaratne is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Premaratne.

How Common Is The Last Name Premaratne? popularity and diffusion

The last name Premaratne is the 47,470th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 668,521 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Premaratne are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 263,438th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 941 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 10,525 people, or 1 in 1,977. Aside from Sri Lanka it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Kuwait, where 1 percent are found.

Premaratne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Premaratne surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Premaratne earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.1% less than the national average, earning $40,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.84% less than the national average, earning $45,786 CAD per year.

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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 Premaratne
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