Dissanayake or Dissanayaka ( Sinhala: දිසානායක; Tamil: திசாநாயக்க) is a Sinhalese surname. It means area leader. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anura Kumara Dissanayake (born 1968), Sri Lankan politician
• Berty Premalal Dissanayake (1954–2013), Sri Lankan politician
• Cyril Dissanayake, Sri Lankan police officer
• Duminda Dissanayake (born 1979), Sri Lankan politician
• Ellen Dissanayake, American anthropologist
• Gamini Dissanayake (1942–1994), Sri Lankan politician
• Jayani Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
• Jayasena Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
• Kolitha Dissanayake, Sri Lankan cricketer
• Lalith Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
• Manjula Dissanayake (born 1967), Sri Lankan politician
• Mayantha Dissanayake (born 1980), Sri Lankan politician
• Navin Dissanayake (born 1969), Sri Lankan politician
• P. Weerakumara Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
• Rohana Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
• S. A. Dissanayake (1913–1982), Sri Lankan police officer
• S. B. Dissanayake (born 1951), Sri Lankan politician
• Salinda Dissanayake (born 1958), Sri Lankan politician
• Sarath Dissanayake (born 1961), Sri Lankan Navy officer
• Somaratne Dissanayake, Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and producer
• Sriyantha Dissanayake (born 1969), Sri Lankan sprinter
• T. B. Dissanayake, Sri Lankan lawyer
• T. D. S. A. Dissanayake, Sri Lankan diplomat and writer
• W. M. P. B. Dissanayake (1927–2003), Sri Lankan politician

See also

• All pages with titles containing Dissanayaka
• All pages with titles containing Dissanayake

Surname list

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