Samaraweera Surname

18,093rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,506 people bear this surname

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

Samaraweera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samaraweera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka29,8941:69680
United Arab Emirates1781:51,4735,061
Australia1141:236,80422,158
United States901:4,027,321218,060
England801:696,47639,547
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
France151:4,428,181244,602
Singapore131:423,66918,211
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
China31:455,773,85521,925
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Maldives11:404,1727,269

Samaraweera (40) may also be a first name.

Samaraweera Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samaraweera is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samaraweera? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 18,093rd most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 238,889 people. The last name Samaraweera occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Samaraweera are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Samaraweera is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 40 people.

The last name Samaraweera is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 29,894 people, or 1 in 696. Beside Sri Lanka it is found in 26 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Samaraweera Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Samaraweera surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Samaraweera earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 19.41% more than the national average, earning $51,525 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11% less than the national average, earning $44,217 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 Samaraweera
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