Ranasinghe Surname

3,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161,029 people bear this surname

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

Ranasinghe Surname User-submission:

The meaning of this surname is 'warrior lion' in Sri Lankan Sinhalese language.

Ranasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka156,4861:13311
Bangladesh7211:221,0227,250
Australia5641:47,8655,981
United Arab Emirates5631:16,2741,963
England4411:126,34512,635
United States4261:850,84364,837
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Oman3621:10,1881,305
Qatar2311:10,2081,127
Canada1511:244,01123,241
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
New Zealand951:47,6677,746
Singapore771:71,5292,869
France451:1,476,060142,161
Italy431:1,422,24979,532
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Brunei371:11,3171,397
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
India231:33,350,669396,143
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Maldives131:31,0901,777
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Wales61:515,75523,171
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
China51:273,464,31313,838
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Ranasinghe (1,595) may also be a first name.

Ranasinghe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The meaning of this surname is 'warrior lion' in Sri Lankan Sinhalese language.

- anarmerp

Ranasinghe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ranasinghe (Hindi: रणसिंहे, Marathi: रनसींघे) occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ranasinghe.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranasinghe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,476th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 45,256 people. Ranasinghe is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ranasinghe are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Ranasinghe is also the 193,558th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 1,595 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 156,486 people, or 1 in 133. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name is found in 57 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Ranasinghe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ranasinghe last name are 9.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.93% being registered with the party.

The amount Ranasinghe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 85.24% less than the national average, earning €4,431 per year; in South Africa they earn 235.28% more than the national average, earning R 796,752 per year; in United States they earn 15.12% more than the national average, earning $49,674 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.38% more than the national average, earning $55,337 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ranasinghe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ranasinghe in the Hindi language
रणसिंहेranasinhe-
Ranasinghe in the Marathi language
रनसींघेranasinghe62.5
रनिंसघेraninsaghe37.5

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