Bandaranaike or Bandaranayake is a Sinhalese surname.
Kumaraswamy or Coomaraswamy or Kumarasamy is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Kumaraswamy is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan.
Jayewardene, Jayawardene or Jayawardena, is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Wickremasinghe, Wickremesinghe or Wickramasinghe is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the name include:
Subramaniam, Subrahmaniam, Subramaniam or Subramanian is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. The etymology of the name is from Sanskrit; however, a common translation is "pure, white, fresh", or "clarity in full". Proposed translation is derived from merging two common Sanskrit words su-bra-, meaning "white, clear" or "transparent," and ani-ya, meaning wearing; the name translates precisely as "person with Transparent Qualities or GOD". Subramania is one of the many names of the Hindu god Karthikeya, also known as Kumara or Murugan.
Senanayake or Senanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Peiris, Peries or Pieris is a surname attributed to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. It is a common surname in the coastal regions of the island nation.
Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, MP, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is the current Minister of Justice and previously served in the same ministry from 2015 to 2017. He was the Prime Minister's nominee for the Constitutional Council During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis, he had briefly served as the Minister of Education and Higher Education and his post was suspended by the court in 2018.
Arumugam or Arumukan is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Arumugam is one of the many names of the Hindu god Murugan, which refers to his six faces.
Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sumanaweera Banda Dissanayake, MP is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the former Cabinet Minister of Higher Education in President Mahinda Rajapakse's Government. He was the former general secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party and former national organiser of the United National Party. Dissanayake lost his cabinet position after Rajapaksha was defeated at the 2015 presidential election in Sri Lanka.
Velupillai or Veluppillai is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
Abeywickrama or Abeywickrema is a Sinhalese surname.
Dassanayake or Dassanaike is a Sinhalese surname.
De Alwis is a Sinhalese surname derived from the Portuguese surname Alves.
Nadarajah or Natarajan is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. It also Nataraja, a depiction of Hindu God Shiva.
Thambiah is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
Gunasekera or Gunasekara is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gunawardena is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Wijewardene or Wijewardena is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arunachalam or Arunachala is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
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