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  Created 21, May, 2000 last revised: 28, February, 2007

Surnames from or with links to Sri Lanka                            

 Many other surnames are not represented because I have 1-2 people with a particular surname or I have not had a chance to update list. I also invite all people to contact me whom have a connection with Ceylon and either do or don’t see their surname.

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Dias Abeyasinghe, Abeygunawardena, Abeyrathna, Abeyratne, Dias Abeysinghe, Abeysundera, Abeysundere, Abeysuriya, Abhayaratne, Abraham, Abrahamsz, Achilles, Adams, Adamsz, Adriaansz, Adriansz, Agotha, Aiyathurai, Alagaratnam, Albertsz, Albinus, Albrecht, Aldertsz, Aldons, Alebos, Alexander, Allegakoon, Allegasegram, Alles, Almeida, Aloysius, Alphonso, Altendorff, Alvis, Alwines, Alwis, Amarasuriya, Amarasekera, Amarasuriya, Amaratunga, Ambrose, Ameresekera, Ameresekere, Amour, Anandappa, Anderson, Andree, Andrews, Andriesz, Andriezen, Anghie, Anjou, Ankeman, Aker, Anthonipillai, Anthonisz, Anthonypillai, Appelboom, Appleton, Arasaratnam, Arendtsz, Ariyanayagam, Armytage / Armitage, Armstrong, Armytage, Arndt, Arnolda, Arsakularatna, Arseculeratne, Arulanandam, Arulanantham, Pieris-Aserappa, Askey, Assauw, Atherton, Atkinson, Attygalle, Atwell, Atzelyn, Aubert, Augustine, Austin, Auwardt, Avery, Avirampillai, Ayeyesekara, Azoor.

 

 

 

 

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Baak, Bach, Backhouse, Baley, Baillie, Bailey, Bakelmun, Baker, Bakker, Baldesing, Baldsing, Balkhuysen, Ball, Balmond, Balthazar, Dias Bandranaike Bandranayaka, Baptist, Barber, Barbet, Barendsz, Barnes, Barnet, Barrie, Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Barsenbach, Bartels, Barthelot, Batcho, Batholomeusz, Basnayake, Bastiaansz, Bastiampillai, Bates, Batta, Bauert, Bauersax, Bawa, Bayly, Beekman, Beekmeyer, Bekkenhoff, Beleke, Beling, Bellise, Bello, Benedict, Bennett, Benzie, Berenger, Berenstraat, Berg, Bergholst, Berghuys, Berman, Bernhard, Bertus, Bertram, Bertus, Berveling, Betger, Betts, Beukman, Beven, Bevenstraat, Bhupalam, Bierens, Bilsborough, Bird, Blacker, Blackett, Blair, Blake, Blanckert, Blasé / Blaze, Bles, Blok, Blom, Blume, Blyswyk, Bocks, Boers, Bodyn, Boekholst, Boetz, Bogaars, Bok, Bolner, Bolling, Booy, Bonifass, Boomgart Boomgaart Boomgaard, Borcherds, Borwater, Boteljo, Boucher, Bouti, Bos, Bowen, Bowman, Brahan, Bras, Brechman, Bridger, Brinkman, Brittain, Brix, Brodie, Brohier, Bromley, Brook, Brown, Browngreaves, Bruwaart Bruwart, Buckley, Bulner, Burby, Burke, Burleigh, Burt, Bush, Butger, Buttery, Buultjens, Byrne

 

 

 

 

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Cabraal, Cadenski, Flamer-Caldera, Calvert, Camelpillai, Kamp/Camp, Campbell, Canagasabey, Candappa, Cannon, Carmichael, Carnie, Carron, Casie-Chetty, Caspersz, Caulfeild, Cavallier, Chapman, Chellappah, Cherubim, Chetty, Chitty, Chinnathamby, Christiaansz, Chrisite, Christoffelsz, Claasz, Claessen, Clarke Clark, Clement, Clementi-Smith, Cloppenberg, Cockburn, Colaas Kolaas, Collette, Colomb, Collier, Conderlag, Conradi, Consigliere, Constantine, Konstz Constz, Cook Cooke, Coomaraswamy, Coopman, Corner, Corteling, Cooray, Corea, Coster, Crabtree, Cramer, Crispeyn, Crowe, Crowther, Crozier, Crusz, Crutchley, Crytsman, Curtis, Curgenven, Cuyck van Mierop

 

 

 

 

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da Costa, da Silva, D’Abrera, D’Alwis, d’ Anderado, Dalziel, Damman, Daniel, Daniels, Danielsz, Darius, Dassenaike, David, Davidson, Daviot, Davies, Davis, Dawson, D’Costa, Deacon, de Almeida, de Alwis, de Arpa, de Barros, van Beveren / de Bevere, de Boer, de Breard, de Bruin, de Caan, de Caauw, de Chermont, de Coenje, de Cuyper, de Fonseka, de Fransz, de Vry de Fry, de Haan, de Heer, de Hoedt, de Jong, de Jonk, de Joodt, de Kretser, de Kroes, de la Chaume, de la Combe, de Coste, de la Harpe, de Kauwe, de Lannoy, de la Motte, de la Porte, Du Bois de Lossosay, de Livera, de Ly, de Ley, de l’Ohme, de Melho/ de Mel, de Moor, de Neck, de Neys, de Niese, de Ramo, de Raymond, de Rooy, de Rosayro, de Rosario, de Rowel, de Run, de Salve, de Saram, de Silva, D’Silva, de Souza, Warusahannadige de Soysa, D’Estandau, de Vos, Waas/ de Waas de Witt/ de Wit/ de With, de Wolff, de Zilva, de Zilva-van Twest, de Zilwa, de Zylva, Dekker, del’ Harpe, Dekker, Demmer, de Meuron, Derinyanagala, Derksen, Detheridge-Davies, Deutrom, Dharmaratne, Dias, Dick, Dickman, Dickson, Dieme, Dirckze, Dissanayake, Doebbratz/ Doebratsz, Dominicus, Douwe, Don, Dormieux, Dornhorst, Dowbiggin, Drieberg, Driemont, Dryver, Duckworth, Duff-Tytler, Dundee, Du Port, Durrant, Dunsford

 

 

 

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Earde, Eaton, Eayrs, Ebell, Eberhardie, Ebert, Edema, Eder, Edirisinghe, Edwards, Egan, Ekanayake, Eksteen, Elders, Elhart, Elias, Elliott, Elsevier, Emans, Engel, Engelbrecht, English, Ephraums, Erfzon, Erdman, Erfson, Ernst, Esteve, Estrop, Evans, Eversz, Eyhianghert, Eyre

 

 

 

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Fabricius, Fairweather, Falck, Farmer, Felix, Felsianes, Felsinger, Ferdinandus Ferdinando Ferdinand Ferdinands, Fernandez, Fergusson, Fermer, Fernando, Fernandopulle, Fernand, Ferreira, Verwerda Ferwerda, Fisher, Flamer-Caldera, Flanderka, Fledderus, Fleming, Floor, Fock, Foenander, Fonseka, Forbes, Forster, Foulstone, Fowke, Franchimont, Francis, Franciskus, Francke, Frank, Franken, Fransz, Fretsz, Friedel, Friskin, Frobus, Vruchniet/Frugtniet, Fryer, Fybrandsz

 

 

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Gaggino, Galikam, Gambs, Garnier, Garth, Garvin, Gastberger, Gastman Gasman, Gauder, Geary, Geddes, Georgesz, Gerhard, Gerlach, Gerreyn, Gerritsz, Gibson, Giesler, Giffening, Gilbert, Gillegot Gilgot, Gilles, Gaenger Ginger, Glenie, Gnanapragasam, Godfrey, Godlieb, Goedbier, Gogerly, Goggin, van Goldstein/ Goldestein, Gomes, Gonsal, Gonslaves, Goodchild, Goodfellow, Goodrich, Gooneratne, Goonesekera, Goonetilleke, Goonewardene, Goulliard, Goutier, Gow, Grabau, Graham, Gralje, Gratiaen, Gray, Grebe, Green, Grenier, Grero, Greve, Grigson, Groos, Groosman Grosman, Gulde Gulden, Gulliam, Guinan, Gunesekera, Gunawardena, Guthrie

 

 

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Habekost, Haddon, Haggar, Hahn, Hall, Halwachs, Hamer, Hannibalsz, Hansen, Hardy/ Hardy-Harris, Harmensz, Harridge, Harris, Hartevelt, Hartley, Harvey, Hazelmyer Hasselmeyer, Hatch, Hay, Hayes, Hawke, Heerding, Heimann, Hekel, Helmers, Helot, Helsham, Henderling, Henderson, Henricus, Hepponstall, Heart, Herft, Herman, Hermon, Herscher, Hesse, Hettiarachige, Heupner, Heydelberg, Heyn, Heyneker, Heynsbergh, Heyzer, Hieler, Hijman, Hill, Hillebrand, Hingert, Hoepels, Hoevenaar, Hofland Hoffland, Hoffman, Hofstad, Holdenbottel, Hole, Hollingsworth, Hollowell, Holmes, Holsinger, Holst, Hope, Hopker, Hopman, Horsfall, Howard, Hudson, Hughes, Hugonis, Hunt, Honter Hunter, Huybertsz

 

 

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Ide, Ilangakoon, Illesinghe, Ingleton, Ingram, Innasipillai, Irvine, Irving, Isaacs,

 

 

 

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Jackson, Jacobs, Jacobsz, Jacolyn, Jacotine, James, Jan, Jansen, Jansz, Jansza, Jansze, Jayakody, Jayasekera, Jayasinghe, Jayasuriya, Jayatilaka, Jayatileke, Jayatunga, Jayawardene, Jayawickrema, Jayesuriya, Jayetileke, Jayewickreme, Jeganathan,  Jenke, Jennings, Jesuthasan, Joachim, Joachimpillai, Jobsz, John, Johnson, Jolly, Jones, Jongbloet Jongbloed, Jongklaas Jonklaas, Jooris, Jordan, Joseph, Joustra, Joyce, Jumeaux, Juriansz

 

 

 

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Kaithampillai, Kale, Kalenberg, Kanagasundaram, Kanakaratnam, Karalapillai,  Karunaratne, Kastner, Kats, Kaule, Kay, Keegel, Keith, Kesselaer Kelaar Kelaart, Kellar, Kellens, Kelly, Kemp, Kemps, Kennedy, Kenneison, Keppetipola, Kerfbijl/ Kerfbyl, Kerkenberg, Kerkhoven, Kern, Kerner, Kersse, Kessels, Keunemann, Keyt, Keyzer, Kiel, King, Klehr, Kleyn, Kloege, Knauwer, Knower, Knoop, Koch, Koek, Koelman, Koelmeyer, Coenders Koenders, Koenits, Coster / Koster, Kolaas, Koops, Kraal, Krasse, Krause, Karyenhoff, Kreekel, Kreltszheim, van Kriekenbeek Kriekenbeek, Kronenberg, Kuhn, Krus, Kumarakulasinghe, Kurusumuttu, Kuys, Kuyte, Kwesius

 

 

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La Brooy, La Faber, La Feber, La Garde, Ladbury, Lalor, Landsberger, Lane, Langslow, Lantsknegt Landsknegt, Lasge, Lawrence, La Valliere, Layard, Layman, Lebeck, Le Dulx, Le Marchand, Leembruggen, Lempfert Lemphers, Le Motte, Le Roux, Lee, Leever Lever, Lewis, Lidzy, Lieversz, Liesching, Ligtveld, Lim, Lindeman, Lindsay, Livera, Lobendahn, Loffman, Loftus, Looman, Loos, Loragé, Lord, Lorenz, Lorenz-Daniel, Lorenz-Schrader, Loughlin, Lourensz, Lowe, Ludekens, Luders, Ludovici, Ludowyk Ludowyke, Lunel, Luyck, Luyken, Lyford, Lyons

 

 

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Maartensz, Maas, Macare, Mack, Magnus, Maitland, Maloney, Maltby, Manger, Manuelpillai, Manzie, Mariampillai, Margenout, Mariyanayagam, Markus, Marsellus, Marshall, Martenstyn, Martensz, Martheze, Martil, Martin, Martyn, Martinus, Masefield, Mattheisz, Matthysz, Maxworth, Mayo, Mc Carthy, Mc Donald, Mc Dornan, Mc Heyzer, Mac Pherson, Magnus, Meaden, Medeler, Meerwald, Meier, Mekern, Melchers, Melder, Mellonius, Melot, Mendis, Mertel, Metzeling, Meurling, Mewille, Meyer, Meynert, Milhuysen, Miles, Miller, Misso, Mitford, Mitchell, Modder, Moens, Moffat, Moldrich, Moll, Mom, Moor, Mooyaart, Moreira, Morel, Moret, Morgan, Morley, Morphew, Morris, Morrison, Mortier, Mortimer, Mottau, Mauer Mouwer, Mountbatten, Mudaliyar, Mulder, Muller, Mulholland, Munasinghe, Muntz, Murray, Muttukumara, Mylius

 

 

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Nagel, Nalliah, Napier, Nanayakkara, Nathanielsz, Navaratnam, Navarednam, Nazareth, Néel /Nell, Nelson, Neubrouner, Newman, Neydorff, Nicholapillai, Nicholas, Nicol, Nicolle,  Nieuwenhoven, Noe, Nonis, Northway, Nugara, Nuttall, Nye

 

 

 

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Obeyesekera, Obeysekere, Odeen / O’Dean, Odell, Oehlers, O’Grady, Ogden, Ohlmus, Ondaatje, Oorloff, Oostdyk, Oppenheimer, Orr, Otmar, Outschoorn, Overbeek, Overlunde, Overschie, Owen

 

 

 

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Paauw, Padanbalana, Paff, Palasandiran, Palewandram, Palm, Palmer, Panditharatne, Panneel, Pannenberg, Paranavitarne, Pararajasekaram, Pararajasingham, Pardoen, Parry, Parsons, Parys, Passe, Pate, Patternott, Patrick, Patterson, Paul, Paulusz, Pavee Pave, Pavilupillai, Payne, Pegalotti, Pels, Pendegras, Peiris, Pereira, Perera, Peries, Periyanayagam, Perkins, Pethurupillai, Pettigrew, Pfeiffer, Phebus, Philipsz, Philips, Philippiah, Piachaud, Pieris, Hannadige Pieris, Pieters, Pietersz, Pinder, Pinjero, Pitman, Plunkett, Pluymert, Pollocks, Polnitz, Pompeus, Ponniah, Pokkenbeek Poppenbeek, Potger, Potken, Poulier, Powell, Prigge, Prins, Price, Pritchet, Pronck / Pronk, Pulle, Pullenayagam, Punyanita, Purdey, Pyster

 

 

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Qualenbrink, Quint, Quyn

 

 

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Rabinel, Rabot, Raffel, Rajah, Ragel, Rajakarier, Rajanayagam, Rajapakse, Rajaratnam, Rajasingam, Raju, Raket, Ramanathan, Ramalingam, Ramkeesoon, Ranasinghe, Ranatunga, Ranawake, Rankine, Ratnanather, Ratnayake, Raux, Ravenhall, Rawdin, Raymond, Rebera, Reckerman, Redlich, Ree, Reid, Reimers, Renn, Reyhardt, Reyne, Rezel, Riberg, Richardson, Richart, Ridings, Ritmeyer, Roberts, Robertson, Roche, Rode, Rodney, Rodrigo, Rodrigue, Rodriguez, Roeloffsz Roerbach, Romuelpillai, Roorman, Roosmale-Cocq, Rosario, Rose, Ross, Rowden, Rowlands, Rudd, Rudolph, Rulach, Rumpf, Runtsdorff, Rupesinghe, Rusch, Russell, Rutnam, Ryan, Rycken

 

 

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Sabiston, Sabonariere, Salvador, Samarakoon, Samaranayake, Samarasekera, Samarasinghe, Samlant, Sanders, Sandrasagra, Sansoni, Santhiagupillai, Santhiapillai, Saparamadu, Saravanamuttu, Sargent, Sauer, Saverimuttu, Savundranayagam, Scharenguivel, Schaak, Scharff, Scheede, Scheerken, Scheffer, Schneider, Schoekraft, Schoffeling, Schofield, Schokman, Scholts, Schoorman, Schorer, Schrader, Schroter, Schubert, Schuhart, Schuit, Schultze, Schumacher, Schuttrup, Schwallie, Scott, Sealtiel, Sebastiampillai, Segarajasekaram, Seilman, Sela, Sellamuttu, Sellappu, Sembukuttiavatchige, Senanayake, Seneviratne, Senn, Serasinghe, Serpanchy, Sexton, Zezilles/ Sezilles, Shaw, Shellard, Siebel, Siegertsz, Sievertsz, Sieket, Sielman, Sijthoff, Silva, Simithraaratchi, Simpson, Singarayar Sinnappu, Sinnathurai, Siriwardena, Sisouw, Skeen/ Skene, Skinner, Sluysken, Smale, Smit, Smith, Snippe, Soerts, Solden, Solomon Solomons Solomonsz, Somasunderam, Sonnebeek, Soosaipillai, Soysa, South, Spaar, Sparkes, Speldewinde, Spencer, Sperling, Spittel, Spoor, Spreht, Sprink, Sproule, Squance, St George, St John, Staats, Stainton, Stanislaus, Stannel, Staples, Starkenberg, Steenkelder, Steinholster, Stephens, Sterk, Stevenage, Stewart, Stilton, Stokes, Stone, Stork, Strachan, Strick, Strobach, Stronach, Strong, Stroom, Struk, Struys, Stuurman, Subramaniam, Suurd, Swain, Swampillai, Swan, Swinnas, Sykes, Symons

 

 

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Tambiah, Tampoe, Tanner, Taute, Taylor, Telt, Templer, Tepel, Tennekoon, Theile, Thambiappah, Thambimuttu, Thambinayagam, Thampu, Theophilus, Thesmar, Theunisz, Theunder, Thiedeman, Thielman, Thiruchelvam, Thiruchelvar, Thierbach, Thomas/ Thomasz, Thome, Thoode, Thornhill, Thorton, Thuraiaiyah, Thurainayagam, Thurgood, Thuring, Thuraisingham, Thyer, Tillekeratne, Tissera, Todd, Tolfrey, Toorzee, Torriano, Toussaint, Townshend, Tranchell, Trek, Tresselt, Trevail, Tribe, Trotman, Trouw, Tudugalage, Tullo, Turnour, Turton, Tuttel, Twisleton, Twynam, Tytler

 

 

 

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Uhlenbeck, Underwood, Uys

 

 

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Vaithipillai, van Adrichem, van Aken, van Alken, van Angelbeek, van Arkadie, van Asselt, van Bergen, van Beveren, van Braunhoff, van Buren/Buuren, van Charlet, van Cleef, van Coverden, van Cuylenburg, van Dam, van Dielen, van der Blom, van de Graaf, van der Gucht, van der Hoeven, van der Laan, van der Linde, van der Meer, van der Parra, van der Poorten, van der Put, van der Putten, van der Smagt, van der Spar, van der Straaten, van der Wall, van der Wekken, van der Wert, van der Ziel, Van Dort, van Dort, van Esse, van Essen, van Eyck, van Gyssele van Gysel van Geyzel, van Gunster, van Halen, van Ham, van Heer, van Heck, van Hek, van Houten, van Hoven, van Langenberg, van Lier, van Loon, van Lynden, Cuyck van Mierop, van outshoorn van sonnevelt, van Ranzow, van Reyk, van Rhee, van Rooyen, van Sanden, van Schuler, van seggelen,  van Sohsten / von Sohsten, van Teylingen, van Twist / van Twest, van Velp, van Vliet, van Wynbergen, van Zitter, van Zyl, vanden Berg, vanden Bosch, vanden Broeck, vanden Driesen, vanden Honert, Vaniasingham, Varney, Vedanayagam, Veenstra, Velupillai, Veenekam, Veniga, Verbeek, Vermeulen, Vermey, Vernati, Vershuur, Vertagen, Vethanayagam, Verwyk, Vincent, Vindurampulle, Vink, Visser, Visboom, Vochteloo, Vogel, Vogeley Vogelin Vogelaar, Volkers, Vollenhoven, von Bergheim, von Conradi, von Drieberg, von Hagt, von Mullertsz, von Winckelmann, Voogt Voogd, Vos

 

 

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Waas, Wait, Walbeoff, Walker, Waller, Walles, Wallis, Wallis-Smith, Walsh, Wambeek/ Wambeck, Wanasinghe, Wanigasekera, Wannigakoon, Warburton, Ward, Waring, Warkus, Warner, Watson, Weber, Weeraratne, Weerasinghe, Weerasooriya, Weerasekera, Weerman, Weinman, Wells, Wermelskircher, Wendelboe, Wendt, Werkmeester, Wetzelius Wesselius, Whatmore, White, Whitehill, Whitton, Winckelman Wichelman, Wickremesinghe, Wijegoonewardane, Wijekoon, Wijeratne, Wijesekera, de Silva Wijesinghe, de Silva Wijeyeratne, Wijewardene, Wijesuriya, Wikramanayake, Wild, Wille, Willenberg, Williams, Willig, Wilmot, Wilson, Wiltschut, Windsor, Winn, Winter, Wits, Wittensleger, Wolfdaal, Wolff, Wood, Woodhouse, Wootler, Woth, Woutersz, Wright, Wydeman, Wynbergen, Wyprecht, Wyremanaden 

 

 

 

 

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Xavier, Young, Yzelman

 

 

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Zamparelli, Zanetti, Zeldenrust, Ziegelaar, ter Zijde, Zieseniss, Zilva, Zimsen, Zuyderhoff, Zybrandsz

 

 

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