Sumanasekara Surname

98,766th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,799 people bear this surname

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

Sumanasekara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumanasekara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka4,7511:4,380641
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brunei11:418,7313,893
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Sumanasekara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sumanasekara occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sumanasekara click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumanasekara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sumanasekara is the 98,766th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,518,555 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sumanasekara reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 4,751 people, or 1 in 4,380. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sumanasekera921,962/
Sumanasekare921/
Sayman Şakar671/
Simonsakaria581/
Samnisakar551/
Simone Sequeira521/
Zeman-Zachar5023/
Simmons-Gray501/
Symanski Rey501/

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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 Sumanasekara
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