Nandasena

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Nandasena is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country, where it is the 75th most common surname. Recorded meaning: An Upāsaka of a village near Sāvatthi.

rarermore common
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 8.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 35M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 90M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,800 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Sri Lanka, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

NandasenaLatin(measured from records)
නන්දසේනSinhala(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

An Upāsaka of a village near Sāvatthi. His wife, Nandā, was a wicked woman and, after death, became a peta. When she revealed herself to him Nandasena gave alms in her name, and she gained happiness.’ ­ Pv. ff.4;PvA. 89 ff. L Nandā.—Chief woman disciple of Dīpaṅkara Buddha.’ ­ Bu. ii. 214; ff. 1. 29.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nandasena counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nandasena is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LK Sri Lanka#75≈2,800 est.≈1 in 8.1KNandasena34
US United States—≈4 est.≈1 in 90MNandasena12
GB United Kingdom—≈2 est.≈1 in 35MNandasena7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nandasena is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nandasēna

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nandasena under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Nandasena come from?
An Upāsaka of a village near Sāvatthi. His wife, Nandā, was a wicked woman and, after death, became a peta. Recorded by Dictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol II (N-H).
What does the name Nandasena mean?
Recorded meaning: An Upāsaka of a village near Sāvatthi.
In which country does Nandasena have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Nandasena in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nandasena.
How common is the name Nandasena?
Mondonomo estimates about 2,800 people in Sri Lanka have Nandasena as their first surname, about 1 in 8.1 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Nandasena compared with other names?
In Sri Lanka, Nandasena is the 75th most common surname of 20,196 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nandasena” — the 75th most common surname in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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