Goonawardana Surname
Approximately 843 people bear this surname
Goonawardana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Goonawardana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonawardana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goonawardana is most common in Sri Lanka. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonawardana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 413,383rd most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,644,776 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Goonawardana reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goonawardhana | 96 | 2 | / |
| Goonawardena | 92 | 3,287 | / |
| Goonawardane | 92 | 734 | / |
| Goonewardana | 92 | 6 | / |
| Goonawardhane | 88 | 8 | / |
| Goonaawardena | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardana | 87 | 53,396 | / |
| Gonawardena | 87 | 7 | / |
| Gunawardhana | 83 | 16,819 | / |
| Goonewardena | 83 | 4,107 | / |
| Goinawardena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardeana | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goonawordena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gunavardana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gunavardhana | 75 | 9 | / |
| Gonnewardena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goonewerdena | 75 | 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 Goonawardana
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