Goonesekere Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Goonesekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Goonesekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonesekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goonesekere occurs more in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonesekere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 885,573rd most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Goonesekere are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
Goonesekere is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Outside of Sri Lanka it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goonesekera | 91 | 1,848 | / |
| Goonasekere | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gunesekere | 86 | 30 | / |
| Gooneskera | 86 | 2 | / |
| Goonasekera | 82 | 2,031 | / |
| Goonesekara | 82 | 14 | / |
| Goonasekare | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gunesekera | 76 | 1,744 | / |
| Gunasekere | 76 | 442 | / |
| Goneskar | 74 | 5 | / |
| Gonsekar | 74 | 3 | / |
| Gonsaker | 74 | 0 | / |
| Goonasekara | 73 | 671 | / |
| Guanesekera | 73 | 1 | / |
| Guneesakere | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghonsekar | 70 | 56 | / |
| Gonasekar | 70 | 5 | / |
| Gunesekar | 70 | 2 | / |
| Gonsikreo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Gunasekera | 67 | 36,033 | / |
| Gunasekare | 67 | 1,098 | / |
| Gunesekara | 67 | 369 | / |
| Konsker | 67 | 77 | / |
| Konseguere | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gunesakera | 67 | 3 | / |
| Conasekera | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gonskar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Conseguere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gonssikreo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Consker | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Goonesekere
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