Ranatunga Surname
Approximately 20,636 people bear this surname
Ranatunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 20,100 | 1:1,035 | 132 |
| Australia | 120 | 1:224,964 | 21,387 |
| United Arab Emirates | 110 | 1:83,293 | 7,578 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| England | 74 | 1:752,947 | 41,527 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Ranatunga (300) may also be a first name.
Ranatunga Demographics
Average Ranatunga Salary in
United States
$54,924 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ranatunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranatunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ranatunga (Hindi: रणतुंगा, Marathi: रणतुंगा, Oriya: ରଣତୁା, Russian: Ранатунга) occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranatunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 26,083rd most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 353,147 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ranatunga are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Ranatunga is also the 508,767th most commonly held given name globally, held by 300 people.
The surname Ranatunga is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 20,100 people, or 1 in 1,035. Without taking into account Sri Lanka Ranatunga is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
Ranatunga Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Ranatunga are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ranatunga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.9% less than the national average, earning 218,366 kr per year; in United States they earn 27.29% more than the national average, earning $54,924 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.11% more than the national average, earning $58,184 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranathunga | 95 | 24,673 | / |
| Ratnatunga | 95 | 643 | / |
| Raanatunga | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ranatounga | 95 | 1 | / |
| Ranatungha | 95 | 1 | / |
| Rathnatunga | 90 | 4 | / |
| Ranatunge | 89 | 4,348 | / |
| Ranathuga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ranathuna | 89 | 1 | / |
| Rathnathunga | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ranathunge | 84 | 2,203 | / |
| Ranathunghe | 80 | 1 | / |
Ranatunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ranatunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ରଣତୁା | ranatua | - |
| Ranatunga in the Marathi language | ||
| रणतुंगा | ranatunga | - |
| Ranatunga in the Hindi language | ||
| रणतुंगा | ranatunga | 66.67 |
| राणातुंगा | ranatunga | 33.33 |
| Ranatunga in the Russian language | ||
| Ранатунга | ranatunga | - |
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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 Ranatunga
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