Somaratne Surname

102,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,590 people bear this surname

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

Somaratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somaratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,4581:4,668680
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Australia381:710,41347,396
Qatar221:107,18211,536
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
England51:11,143,612252,590
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Maldives11:404,1727,269
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Somaratne (718) may also be a first name.

Somaratne Last Name Facts

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

The last name Somaratne is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Somaratne? popularity and diffusion

The surname Somaratne is the 102,593rd most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,587,701 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Somaratne live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Somaratne is also the 308,040th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 718 people.

The surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 4,458 people, or 1 in 4,668. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Somaratne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Somaratne surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

Somaratne earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.9% more than the national average, earning $50,009 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Somaratne
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis