Dissanayake
Dissanayake or Dissanayaka is a Sinhalese surname. It means area leader. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, Sri Lankan politician
- Berty Premalal Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Cyril Dissanayake, Sri Lankan police officer
- Duminda Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Ellen Dissanayake, American anthropologist
- Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Jayani Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Jayasena Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Kolitha Dissanayake, Sri Lankan cricketer
- Lakdasa Dissanayake, Sri Lankan surgeon
- Lalith Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Mayantha Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Navin Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- P. Weerakumara Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Rohana Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- S. A. Dissanayake, Sri Lankan police officer
- S. B. Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Salinda Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician
- Sarath Dissanayake, Sri Lankan Navy officer
- Somaratne Dissanayake, Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter and producer
- Sriyantha Dissanayake, Sri Lankan sprinter
- T. B. Dissanayake, Sri Lankan lawyer
- T. D. S. A. Dissanayake, Sri Lankan diplomat and writer
- W. M. P. B. Dissanayake, Sri Lankan politician