Jayawardena is used as a family name or surname in Sri Lanka. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jayawardena
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Sri Lanka
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Jayawardena

How popular is Jayawardena?

Jayawardena is common in Sri Lanka.

Jayawardena is ranked 10627 on our list.

There are about 126 people in US who wears Jayawardena as surname and ranked 133863 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		 89.68
White 5.56
Others 4.76
Jayawardena is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sri Lanka which signifies that it is originated from Sri Lanka. Around 50547 people have been found who wears Jayawardena as their family name. Jayawardena is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
2,527 Maldives6
9,759 Japan5
720,003 Russia4
6,270 Hong Kong3
4,104 South Korea2
5,936 Bahrain2
549 Seychelles2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
123,175 Tanzania1
10,958 Bangladesh1
53,033 Nigeria1
49,529 Israel1
1,572 Macau1
118,015 Netherlands1
66,560 Philippines1
7,790 Zambia1
5,589 Sudan1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,429 New Zealand45
7,175 Singapore41
26,164 Sweden36
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,902 Qatar88
4,262 Kuwait87
42,464 Canada75
117,149 France73
78,184 Italy67
Countries with hundreds of Jayawardena:
8,043 Australia355
16,300 England344
2,286 Oman217
50,182 Germany202
5,359 United Arab Emirates183
120,315 United States179
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with ten thousands of Jayawardena:
39 Sri Lanka48,386
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Jayawardena Namesakes

  • Harry Jayawardena, Business person
  • Kumari Jayawardena, Author
  • Lucky Jayawardena, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Sita Jayawardena, Actress
  • Lucky Jayawardena, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Nalin Jayawardena, Singer
  • Dommie Jayawardena, Actor
  • Nihal Jayawardena, from 1998 drama movie Akkayi Nangi, who characterized Lawyer Wickremasinghe.

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