Ramanayake Surname

37,774th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,941 people bear this surname

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

Ramanayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramanayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka13,7411:1,514211
Australia651:415,31833,226
United Arab Emirates311:295,55719,854
England301:1,857,26974,552
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ramanayake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ramanayake is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ramanayake click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramanayake? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 37,774th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 522,742 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ramanayake reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 13,741 people, or 1 in 1,514. Outside of Sri Lanka it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Ramanayake Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ramanayake are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Ramanayake earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.14% less than the national average, earning $34,891 USD 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 Ramanayake
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