Purasinghe Surname
Approximately 528 people bear this surname
Purasinghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 512 | 1:40,642 | 4,863 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
Purasinghe Demographics
Average Purasinghe Salary in
United States
$53,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Purasinghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Purasinghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Purasinghe is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Purasinghe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Purasinghe is the 590,896th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 13,802,170 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Purasinghe live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The last name Purasinghe is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 40,642. Without taking into account Sri Lanka Purasinghe exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
Purasinghe Last Name Statistics demography
Purasinghe earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.28% more than the national average, earning $53,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purasingha | 90 | 1 | / |
| Purange | 82 | 5 | / |
| Phurange | 78 | 2 | / |
| Pouranghi | 74 | 11 | / |
| Puroinger | 74 | 0 | / |
| Porange | 71 | 23 | / |
| Puranga | 71 | 14 | / |
| Purangi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pourashghi | 70 | 8 | / |
| Purangga | 67 | 212 | / |
| Pourangi | 67 | 59 | / |
| Paurangi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourrzasghai | 64 | 12 | / |
| Pourzangi | 63 | 197 | / |
| Pourrangi | 63 | 157 | / |
| Pourangga | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pourhangi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Poranga | 59 | 20 | / |
| Porangi | 59 | 5 | / |
| Poronge | 59 | 1 | / |
| Porangga | 56 | 59 | / |
| Pouranqd | 56 | 6 | / |
| Porrangi | 56 | 2 | / |
| Porongge | 56 | 2 | / |
| Poorangi | 56 | 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
- 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 Purasinghe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis