Goonasekara Surname
Approximately 671 people bear this surname
Goonasekara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Goonasekara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonasekara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goonasekara occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonasekara? popularity and diffusion
The surname Goonasekara is the 492,802nd most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,860,724 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Goonasekara reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The last name is most prevalent in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Aside from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goonasekera | 91 | 2,031 | / |
| Goonesekara | 91 | 14 | / |
| Goonasekare | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gunasekara | 86 | 79,113 | / |
| Ganasekara | 86 | 1 | / |
| Goonesekera | 82 | 1,848 | / |
| Gunasekhara | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gunasekarah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gunasekarau | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gunashekhara | 78 | 2 | / |
| Anasequeira | 55 | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Goonasekara
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