Rathnayake

English

Alternative forms

• Rathnayaka, Ratnayake, Ratnayeke

Etymology

From Sinhalese රත්නායක (ratnāyaka).

Proper noun

Rathnayake (plural Rathnayakes)

1. A surname from Sinhalese.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rathnayake is the 276051^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 65 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rathnayake”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.