Jayasekara

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dʒjəsɛkɑɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jayasekara is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country, where it is the 34th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 653(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 206K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 247K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)

≈35,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
78 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 653 (inferred from the name graph)

Sri Lanka, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JayasekaraLatin(measured from records)
ජයසේකරSinhala(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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jayasekara 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 Jayasekara is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LK Sri Lanka#34≈35,000 est.≈1 in 653—Jayasekara71
MY Malaysia—≈130 est.≈1 in 247K—Jayasekara7
IT Italy—≈93 est.≈1 in 673K—Jayasekara11
US United States—≈79 est.≈1 in 4.2M—Jayasekara78
GB United Kingdom—≈56 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Jayasekara39
FI Finland—271 in 206K27—2
NZ New Zealand—≈7 est.≈1 in 668K—Jayasekara4

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.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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)

Jayasekara is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Jayasēkara

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jayasēkara

29 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Jayasekara,
InformalHi Jayasekara,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Jayasekara
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—27#39,586

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jayasekara?
A machine transcription gives /dʒjəsɛkɑɹə/ (IPA) for Sinhala.
In which country does Jayasekara have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Jayasekara in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jayasekara.
How common is the name Jayasekara?
In Finland, the national register counted 27 people named Jayasekara, about 1 in 206 thousand residents.
How common is Jayasekara compared with other names?
In Sri Lanka, Jayasekara is the 34th 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, “Jayasekara” — the 34th most common surname in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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