Sandanayake Surname

181,376th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,347 people bear this surname

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

Sandanayake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandanayake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,2661:9,1831,334
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sandanayake Last Name Facts

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

Sandanayake occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Sandanayake click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandanayake? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sandanayake is the 181,376th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,105,047 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sandanayake live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 2,266 people, or 1 in 9,183. Excluding Sri Lanka Sandanayake is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Sandanayake Last Name Statistics demography

Sandanayake earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.27% more than the national average, earning $52,796 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 Sandanayake
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