Senanayaka Surname

64,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,798 people bear this surname

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

Senanayaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Senanayaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka7,7481:2,686366
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Senanayaka (298) may also be a first name.

Senanayaka Last Name Facts

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

Senanayaka is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Senanayaka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 64,191st most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 934,540 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Senanayaka live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Senanayaka is also the 510,666th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 298 people.

The last name Senanayaka is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 7,748 people, or 1 in 2,686. Apart from Sri Lanka it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Senanayake9063,202/
Sananayaka902/
Senanayakep861/
Senanayke844/
Senanaake844/
Senanayeke801/
Sinhanayake761/
Singanyeka705/
Singanayke701/
Shinganyeka678/
Sinhanieka601/
Shinganieka571/

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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 Senanayaka
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