Gunarathna Surname

17,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,732 people bear this surname

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

Gunarathna Surname User-submission:

Guna is Sinhalese for 'goodness', ratna is Sinhalese for 'gem'. So Gunaratna means, roughly, 'gem of goodness'.

Gunarathna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka30,1131:69177
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
United Arab Emirates1091:84,0587,655
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Australia321:843,61652,533
England141:3,979,861125,553
Singapore131:423,66918,211
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Gunarathna (446) may also be a first name.

Gunarathna Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Guna is Sinhalese for 'goodness', ratna is Sinhalese for 'gem'. So Gunaratna means, roughly, 'gem of goodness'.

- gunaras199

Gunarathna Last Name Facts

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

Gunarathna occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Gunarathna click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunarathna? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 17,978th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 237,132 people. The last name Gunarathna is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gunarathna are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Gunarathna is also the 405,761st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 446 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 30,113 people, or 1 in 691. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Gunarathna Last Name Statistics demography

Gunarathna earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunaratna957,238/
Gunarathne9020,483/
Gunaratnea901/
Goonarathna864/
Gunarathnne861/
Gunaratne8430,880/
Guneratna844/
Gunaratny841/
Gunaranga841/
Goonarathne76367/
Goonaratne70972/

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