Gooneratne Surname

62,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,018 people bear this surname

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

Gooneratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gooneratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka7,4551:2,791384
Oman2621:14,0761,586
United States821:4,420,231233,612
England641:870,59545,570
Australia551:490,83137,357
Japan481:2,663,42331,597
New Zealand371:122,38715,192
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Gooneratne Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gooneratne Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gooneratne is most common in Sri Lanka. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gooneratne? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 62,595th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 908,898 people. The last name Gooneratne occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Gooneratne reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 7,455 people, or 1 in 2,791. Aside from Sri Lanka Gooneratne exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Oman, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Gooneratne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gooneratne last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gooneratne earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.62% more than the national average, earning $63,696 USD per year.

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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 Gooneratne
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