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

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

How popular is Nanayakkara?

Nanayakkara is common in Sri Lanka.

Nanayakkara is ranked 6736 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nanayakkaras grew by 47.32824 per cent to 193 since 2000 and ranked 94730 after elevating 27050 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
92.23 90.84
Others 4.15 0
White 3.63 6.11
Nanayakkara is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sri Lanka which signifies that it is originated from Sri Lanka. Around 80686 people have been found who wears Nanayakkara as their family name. Nanayakkara is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
615,517 Russia6
2,967 Vietnam3
5,909 Bangladesh3
384 Seychelles3
124,420 Spain3
24,766 Scotland2
1,500,361 India2
9,185 Hong Kong2
34,572 Israel2
20,595 China2
10,284 Kuwait2
26,123 Malaysia2
91,784 Netherlands2
123,175 Tanzania1
91,024 Belgium1
37,493 Austria1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
49,101 Denmark1
28,746 Algeria1
50,549 Georgia1
42,479 Greece1
5,467 Haiti1
18,969 Wales1
29,046 Japan1
7,895 South Korea1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,057 Myanmar1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
8,214 Singapore35
32,811 Sweden29
36,547 Switzerland27
1,251 Maldives15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,566 Qatar97
8,328 New Zealand85
78,184 Italy67
2,438 Bahrain61
Countries with hundreds of Nanayakkara:
2,282 United Arab Emirates459
7,745 Australia370
15,555 England366
82,281 United States287
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
2,626 Oman186
71,225 Germany134
29,611 Canada114
Countries with ten thousands of Nanayakkara:
19 Sri Lanka78,057
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Nanayakkara Namesakes

  • Udaya Nanayakkara, Spokesman
  • Udaya Nanayakkara, Spokesman
  • Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Udaya Nanayakkara, Spokesman
  • Rajiv Nanayakkara, from 2017 comedy flick Appata Siri, who portrayed the Lawyer.

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