Gunapala Surname

227,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,783 people bear this surname

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

Gunapala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunapala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka1,6811:12,3791,773
England231:2,422,52489,093
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Qatar161:147,37516,023
India141:54,790,384527,769
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Gunapala (1,955) may also be a first name.

Gunapala Last Name Facts

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

Gunapala (Marathi: गुनापाला, Oriya: ଗୁନାପାଲା) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gunapala.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunapala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 227,494th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,087,238 people. Gunapala is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Gunapala are found; 95 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 171,407th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 1,955 people.

Gunapala is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 1,681 people, or 1 in 12,379. Other than Sri Lanka this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Gunapala Last Name Statistics demography

Gunapala earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.49% more than the national average, earning $61,482 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gunapala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gunapala in the Oriya language
ଗୁନାପାଲାgunapala-
Gunapala in the Marathi language
गुनापालाgunapala21.43
गुणपालाgunapala21.43
गुनपालाgunapala14.29
गुनपलाgunapala14.29
गूणापालाgunapala7.14
गुणापालाgunapala7.14
गुनापलाgunapala7.14
गुणपालgunapala7.14

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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 Gunapala
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