Samarasingha Surname

115,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,993 people bear this surname

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

Samarasingha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samarasingha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3,9471:5,272767
Qatar281:84,2149,043
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Nauru11:11,879452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Samarasingha Last Name Facts

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

Samarasingha is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Samarasingha click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samarasingha? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 115,593rd most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,825,080 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Samarasingha are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

Samarasingha is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 3,947 people, or 1 in 5,272. Other than Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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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 Samarasingha
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