Bandara is used as a family name or surname in Sri Lanka. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bandara
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Sri Lanka
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bandara

How popular is Bandara?

Bandara is common in Sri Lanka.

Bandara is ranked 2277 on our list.

There are about 119 people in US who wears Bandara as surname and ranked 140157 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 63.87
White 28.57
Hispanic or Latino 5.88
Bandara is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sri Lanka which signifies that it is originated from Sri Lanka. Around 240514 people have been found who wears Bandara as their family name. Bandara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,346 Bermuda6
2,480 Malawi5
10,542 China4
2,403 Vietnam4
4,231 Jamaica2
3,478 Haiti2
19,093 Finland2
9,185 Hong Kong2
18,035 Egypt2
5,298 Botswana2
5,859 Mauritius2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
123,175 Tanzania1
91,024 Belgium1
165,773 Belarus1
49,101 Denmark1
4,249 Cambodia1
37,493 Austria1
277,603 France1
29,774 Venezuela1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,078 Lesotho1
12,270 Lebanon1
31,207 Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
29,595 Iran1
13,447 Uganda1
116 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
692 Maldives34
14,963 Scotland26
23,443 Norway26
4,169 Cyprus26
2,974 Japan24
42,407 Sweden22
331,856 Russia21
162,376 Ukraine20
50,826 Zimbabwe19
534 South Korea16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,285 Fiji97
88,990 Indonesia91
10,487 New Zealand64
249 Seychelles59
Countries with hundreds of Bandara:
1,137 United Arab Emirates933
43,178 India746
293 Qatar632
11,968 England511
6,700 Australia431
30,822 Philippines387
91,519 United States252
43,536 Germany235
48,322 Italy157
2,460 Singapore148
6,495 Jordan123
3,092 Kuwait122
28,473 Canada119
1,401 Bahrain110
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Bandara:
2,038 Bangladesh5,156
2,705 Saudi Arabia1,308
501 Oman1,021
Countries with hundred thousands of Bandara:
4 Sri Lanka227,388
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Bandara Namesakes

  • Ajith Bandara, Singer
  • Karaliyadde Bandara of Kandy, Dona Catherina of Kandy's father
  • Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese Mudaliyars
  • Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Duminda Buddhike Bandara Dissanayake, Civil servant
  • Sunethra Bandaranaike, Sirimavo Bandaranaike's daughter
  • Anura Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese Mudaliyars
  • Shirani Bandaranayake, Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
  • Charitha Bandara Mudiyanselage, Soccer player
  • E.M.P. Bandara characterized the central role of N in 1965 drama flick Chandiya.

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