Gunasekara Surname

7,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79,113 people bear this surname

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

Gunasekara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunasekara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka77,7681:26825
United Arab Emirates2801:32,7223,512
Australia2121:127,33813,906
United States1861:1,948,704125,871
England1631:341,82924,929
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Qatar721:32,7503,419
New Zealand471:96,34713,070
Canada411:898,67368,969
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Malaysia271:1,092,37948,277
France251:2,656,909193,074
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
India91:85,229,487684,495
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Oman61:614,6626,082
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
China41:341,830,39216,990
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Gunasekara (351) may also be a first name.

Gunasekara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gunasekara (Russian: Гунасекара) is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunasekara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gunasekara is the 7,171st most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 92,116 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Gunasekara live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Gunasekara is also the 465,148th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 351 people.

The surname Gunasekara is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 77,768 people, or 1 in 268. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Gunasekara Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gunasekara last name are 3.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.76% registered with the party.

The amount Gunasekara earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 30.06% more than the national average, earning $56,121 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.49% less than the national average, earning $47,452 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gunasekara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gunasekara in the Russian language
Гунасекараgunasekara-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gunasekara
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