Samarakoon Surname

13,095th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,786 people bear this surname

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

Samarakoon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samarakoon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka41,5881:50057
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Australia2171:124,40413,629
United Arab Emirates1401:65,4456,155
Qatar591:39,9664,109
United States471:7,711,892346,147
England461:1,211,26256,182
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Oman141:263,4264,299
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Norway71:734,61250,907
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Maldives31:134,7244,057
France21:33,211,361423,184
Iceland21:190,0456,825
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
China21:683,660,78330,601
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Samarakoon (801) may also be a first name.

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.

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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
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  • 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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