Goonewardene Surname
Approximately 5,746 people bear this surname
Goonewardene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5,482 | 1:3,796 | 537 |
| Australia | 99 | 1:272,684 | 24,601 |
| United States | 63 | 1:5,753,316 | 282,354 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Goonewardene Demographics
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Goonewardene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goonewardene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goonewardene is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goonewardene? popularity and diffusion
Goonewardene is the 84,129th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,268,282 people. Goonewardene is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Goonewardene live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most commonly held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 5,482 people, or 1 in 3,796. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Goonewardene Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Goonewardene surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Goonewardene earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 37.62% more than the national average, earning $59,380 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.72% more than the national average, earning $64,948 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goonewardiene | 96 | 1 | / |
| Gonewardene | 96 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardena | 92 | 4,107 | / |
| Goonawardene | 92 | 661 | / |
| Goonewardane | 92 | 386 | / |
| Goonewardine | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gunewardene | 87 | 1,196 | / |
| Goonawardane | 83 | 734 | / |
| Gonnewardena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goonawardhane | 80 | 8 | / |
| Gunewardena | 78 | 2,180 | / |
| Gunewaardena | 75 | 1 | / |
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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 Goonewardene
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