Premasinghe Surname
Approximately 2,160 people bear this surname
Premasinghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 2,120 | 1:9,815 | 1,429 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Premasinghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Premasinghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Premasinghe is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Premasinghe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 194,523rd most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,373,864 people. The last name Premasinghe occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Premasinghe reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
Premasinghe is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 2,120 people, or 1 in 9,815. Besides Sri Lanka Premasinghe exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Premasinghe
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