Goonawardena Surname
Approximately 3,287 people bear this surname
Goonawardena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 3,143 | 1:6,621 | 967 |
| Thailand | 59 | 1:1,197,260 | 174,557 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Goonawardena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonawardena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Goonawardena is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonawardena? popularity and diffusion
Goonawardena is the 136,522nd most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,217,081 people. The surname Goonawardena occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Goonawardena live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 3,143 people, or 1 in 6,621. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonawardena | 96 | 7 | / |
| Goonaawardena | 96 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardena | 92 | 4,107 | / |
| Goonawardana | 92 | 843 | / |
| Goonawardene | 92 | 661 | / |
| Goonawordena | 92 | 1 | / |
| Goinawardena | 92 | 1 | / |
| Goonawardhana | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gunawardena | 87 | 52,276 | / |
| Gunawardhena | 83 | 586 | / |
| Goonewardana | 83 | 6 | / |
| Gonnewardena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goonewerdena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardina | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardeana | 83 | 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 Goonawardena
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