Gunasekera Surname

15,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,033 people bear this surname

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

Gunasekera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunasekera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka34,7911:59867
Australia3011:89,68710,310
United States2311:1,569,086105,843
England2191:254,42020,501
United Arab Emirates2011:45,5834,611
Canada791:466,40040,200
Qatar531:44,4914,459
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Oman121:307,3314,704
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
India51:153,413,076951,030
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Wales41:773,63329,106
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Gunasekera (34) may also be a first name.

Gunasekera Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gunasekera occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gunasekera.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunasekera? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 15,471st most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 202,246 people. The surname Gunasekera occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Gunasekera live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 34 people.

Gunasekera is most widely held in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 34,791 people, or 1 in 598. Besides Sri Lanka Gunasekera exists in 37 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Gunasekera Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gunasekera surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gunasekera earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 38.78% more than the national average, earning $59,882 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.24% more than the national average, earning $52,785 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunnasekera957/
Gunasekara9079,113/
Gunesekera901,744/
Gunasekere90442/
Ginasekera901/
Gunasakera901/
Goonasekera862,031/
Gunasekhara861/
Gunasekarah861/
Gunasekarau861/
Gunashekhara822/
Gunesekara80369/
Gunesakera803/
Gunasakara801/
Goonasekere761/

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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 Gunasekera
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