Goonawardane Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Goonawardane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 731 | 1:28,466 | 3,639 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Goonawardane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonawardane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goonawardane occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonawardane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 460,168th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. The surname Goonawardane is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Goonawardane live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 731 people, or 1 in 28,466. Without taking into account Sri Lanka it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 0 percent reside and New Zealand, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goonawardhane | 96 | 8 | / |
| Goonawardana | 92 | 843 | / |
| Goonawardene | 92 | 661 | / |
| Goonewardane | 92 | 386 | / |
| Goonawardhana | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gunawardane | 87 | 10,347 | / |
| Goonewardene | 83 | 5,746 | / |
| Gunawardhane | 83 | 2,363 | / |
| Gunawardana | 78 | 53,396 | / |
| Gunawardhan | 78 | 2 | / |
| Gunavardane | 78 | 2 | / |
| Gonewardene | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardant | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardhana | 75 | 16,819 | / |
| Gunawardhani | 75 | 6 | / |
| Gunavardhane | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gunawardeana | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gunavardhan | 70 | 7 | / |
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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 Goonawardane
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