Tennakoon Surname

16,367th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,953 people bear this surname

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

Tennakoon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tennakoon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka33,2561:62671
Australia1451:186,17718,652
United Arab Emirates1331:68,8896,446
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
England741:752,94741,527
Canada441:837,40065,151
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Qatar411:57,5125,907
Singapore211:262,27211,611
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Norway61:857,04855,549
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Maldives41:101,0433,565
Oman41:921,9937,313
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
France11:66,422,722504,397

Tennakoon (444) may also be a first name.

Tennakoon Last Name Facts

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

Tennakoon occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tennakoon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tennakoon is the 16,367th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 214,636 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Tennakoon are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 406,780th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 444 people.

This surname is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 33,256 people, or 1 in 626. Apart from Sri Lanka Tennakoon is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.

Tennakoon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tennakoon surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the party.

The amount Tennakoon earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 28.89% less than the national average, earning 246,091 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.39% less than the national average, earning $36,077 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.31% less than the national average, earning $45,556 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 Tennakoon
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