Gunasekera Surname
Approximately 36,033 people bear this surname
Gunasekera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 34,791 | 1:598 | 67 |
| Australia | 301 | 1:89,687 | 10,310 |
| United States | 231 | 1:1,569,086 | 105,843 |
| England | 219 | 1:254,420 | 20,501 |
| United Arab Emirates | 201 | 1:45,583 | 4,611 |
| Canada | 79 | 1:466,400 | 40,200 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Gunasekera (34) may also be a first name.
Gunasekera Demographics
Gunasekera Political Affiliation
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnasekera | 95 | 7 | / |
| Gunasekara | 90 | 79,113 | / |
| Gunesekera | 90 | 1,744 | / |
| Gunasekere | 90 | 442 | / |
| Ginasekera | 90 | 1 | / |
| Gunasakera | 90 | 1 | / |
| Goonasekera | 86 | 2,031 | / |
| Gunasekhara | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gunasekarah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gunasekarau | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gunashekhara | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gunesekara | 80 | 369 | / |
| Gunesakera | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gunasakara | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goonasekere | 76 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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