Samaranayake Surname

19,142nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,726 people bear this surname

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

Samaranayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samaranayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka28,1401:73989
Australia1651:163,61016,947
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
England1041:535,75133,356
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Samaranayake (11) may also be a first name.

Samaranayake Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samaranayake (Marathi: समरनायके) is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Samaranayake click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samaranayake? popularity and diffusion

It is the 19,142nd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 253,692 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Samaranayake reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Samaranayake is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 28,140 people, or 1 in 739. Excluding Sri Lanka Samaranayake is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Samaranayake Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Samaranayake last name are 39.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 86.36% being registered with the party.

The amount Samaranayake earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 35.6% more than the national average, earning $58,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.33% more than the national average, earning $62,270 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samaranayake Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samaranayake in the Marathi language
समरनायकेsamaranayake-

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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 Samaranayake
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