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Pages in category "Surnames of Sri Lankan origin" ... (name) P. Perera; S ... This page was last edited on 26 August 2024, ...
In Sri Lankan passport, the name is divided into two parts as Surname and Other names wheres Surname means the Last name and Other names means the First name + Middle name. When a person's name contain all three parts (Type 1) or does not contain a Surname (Type 2), he/she can alternatively choose to use Family name as the Surname in passport.
Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities. Many Sinhalese surnames end with Singhe (Sinhala: සිංහ, lit. 'lion'), such as Jayasinghe, Ranasinghe, Samarasinghe.
Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time.
2 Sri Lankan Tamils. 3 Sri Lankan Moors. ... Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka ... This page was last edited on 29 February 2024, ...
In India, Sinha is commonly used as a surname by the Kayasthas of the West Bengal and Bihar. [1] [2] [6]In Sri Lanka, the term 'Sinha' (or Siha / Sinhe / Singhe / Singha / Singho) have commonly been used by the Sinhalese (or Sinhala).
The name originated from the Portuguese surname Peres, and was spread across Sri Lanka during Portugal's colonization of the country. It is related to the Portuguese variant Peres/Pires . The name has been adapted into the Sinhalese language over time, hence the variation in its spelling.