Samarakoon Surname
Approximately 42,786 people bear this surname
Samarakoon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 41,588 | 1:500 | 57 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Australia | 217 | 1:124,404 | 13,629 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| New Zealand | 27 | 1:167,716 | 18,432 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Oman | 14 | 1:263,426 | 4,299 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Samarakoon (801) may also be a first name.
Samarakoon Demographics
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Samarakoon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samarakoon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samarakoon is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samarakoon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samarakoon is the 13,095th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 170,325 people. The last name Samarakoon occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Samarakoon reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 289,129th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, held by 801 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 41,588 people, or 1 in 500. Barring Sri Lanka Samarakoon occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Samarakoon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Samarakoon surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Samarakoon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 41.46% less than the national average, earning 202,591 kr per year; in United States they earn 19.95% more than the national average, earning $51,759 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.05% more than the national average, earning $57,659 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samarakon | 95 | 19 | / |
| Samarakoone | 95 | 2 | / |
| Sammatrakoon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Samarakone | 90 | 2,473 | / |
| Seemarakon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Djamarakon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sammatrakun | 76 | 4 | / |
| Samarotkun | 70 | 81 | / |
| Samarotkan | 70 | 16 | / |
| Samarakhunova | 70 | 4 | / |
| Zamarzakan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Chamarakkun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shamerakhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaamerakhan | 64 | 5 | / |
| Zaamerakhan | 57 | 1 | / |
| Zameeraakhan | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jhamaracam | 50 | 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
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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 Samarakoon
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