Gunarathna Surname
Approximately 30,732 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 30,113 | 1:691 | 77 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| United Arab Emirates | 109 | 1:84,058 | 7,655 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
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'.
- gunaras199Gunarathna Demographics
Average Gunarathna Salary in
United States
$61,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunaratna | 95 | 7,238 | / |
| Gunarathne | 90 | 20,483 | / |
| Gunaratnea | 90 | 1 | / |
| Goonarathna | 86 | 4 | / |
| Gunarathnne | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gunaratne | 84 | 30,880 | / |
| Guneratna | 84 | 4 | / |
| Gunaratny | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gunaranga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Goonarathne | 76 | 367 | / |
| Goonaratne | 70 | 972 | / |
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Footnotes
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