Goonawardene Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Goonawardene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Goonawardene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonawardene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goonawardene is most common in Sri Lanka. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonawardene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 498,439th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Goonawardene are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 31,624. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent live and Singapore, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goonewardene | 92 | 5,746 | / |
| Goonawardena | 92 | 3,287 | / |
| Goonawardane | 92 | 734 | / |
| Goonawardhane | 88 | 8 | / |
| Goonaawardena | 88 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardiene | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardene | 87 | 3,817 | / |
| Gonawardena | 87 | 7 | / |
| Gonewardene | 87 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardane | 83 | 386 | / |
| Gunawardhene | 83 | 9 | / |
| Goinawardena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardine | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goonawordena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardena | 78 | 52,276 | / |
| Gunawardhena | 75 | 586 | / |
| Gunawardeana | 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 Goonawardene
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