Samarsinghe Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

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

Samarsinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samarsinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Samarsinghe Last Name Facts

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

Samarsinghe is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samarsinghe.

How Common Is The Last Name Samarsinghe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Samarsinghe is the 4,908,606th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Samarsinghe live; 56 percent live in South Asia and 56 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,312,062. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Samarsinghe Last Name Statistics demography

Samarsinghe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 62.52% more than the national average, earning $70,125 USD 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Samarsinghe
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