Goonesena Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Goonesena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Goonesena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonesena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goonesena is most common in Sri Lanka. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonesena? popularity and diffusion
The surname Goonesena is the 876,631st most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Goonesena live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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