Samaratunga Surname

58,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,637 people bear this surname

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

Samaratunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samaratunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka8,4051:2,476332
United States451:8,054,643356,745
England451:1,238,17956,985
United Arab Emirates431:213,07614,246
Australia311:870,82953,581
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China21:683,660,78330,601
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Samaratunga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samaratunga occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samaratunga? popularity and diffusion

The surname Samaratunga is the 58,527th most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 843,759 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Samaratunga reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 8,405 people, or 1 in 2,476. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Samaratunga Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Samaratunga are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.

The amount Samaratunga earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.44% more than the national average, earning $43,771 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.35% more than the national average, earning $61,780 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
  • 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 Samaratunga
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