Goonetileke Surname

456,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 741 people bear this surname

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

Goonetileke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goonetileke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka7311:28,4663,639
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Goonetileke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goonetileke is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goonetileke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Goonetileke is the 456,743rd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,834,745 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Goonetileke live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Goonetileke is most frequently used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 731 people, or 1 in 28,466. Other than Sri Lanka this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Goonetileke Last Name Statistics demography

Goonetileke earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 58.53% more than the national average, earning $68,406 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goonethilleke9218/
Goonetilake91369/
Goonatileke912/
Goonethilake871/
Gunetileke86587/
Goonatilake82890/
Gunethileke822/
Goonathilake781,195/
Gonatilake761/
Goonathillake755/

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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 Goonetileke
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