Goonawardene Surname

498,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Goonawardene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goonawardene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka6581:31,6243,961
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

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.

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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 Goonawardene
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