Goonaratne Surname
Approximately 972 people bear this surname
Goonaratne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 950 | 1:21,904 | 2,929 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Goonaratne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonaratne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goonaratne is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonaratne? popularity and diffusion
The last name Goonaratne is the 369,806th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,497,475 people. Goonaratne occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Goonaratne reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
It is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 950 people, or 1 in 21,904. Not including Sri Lanka this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goonarathne | 95 | 367 | / |
| Gooneratne | 90 | 8,018 | / |
| Gonarane | 89 | 10 | / |
| Goonerathne | 86 | 367 | / |
| Goonarathna | 86 | 4 | / |
| Gunaratne | 84 | 30,880 | / |
| Ganaratne | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gojnarane | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gunarathne | 80 | 20,483 | / |
| Gunaratnea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gunarathnne | 76 | 1 | / |
| Gunaratna | 74 | 7,238 | / |
| Gangarane | 74 | 4 | / |
| Gunaraten | 74 | 2 | / |
| Gangaratn | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gonarangi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gunaratny | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ganatrane | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ganaran | 71 | 19 | / |
| Gonaram | 71 | 9 | / |
| Gonoran | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gunarathna | 70 | 30,732 | / |
| Gangaran | 67 | 50 | / |
| Gonhoran | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ganarani | 67 | 25 | / |
| Gannaran | 67 | 24 | / |
| Goungourane | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goonaratne
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