Gunasinghe Surname

34,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,190 people bear this surname

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

Gunasinghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunasinghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka14,9101:1,396200
United Arab Emirates491:186,98512,996
Qatar471:50,1704,949
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Australia441:613,53943,545
England391:1,428,66862,556
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
France91:7,380,302306,885
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Gunasinghe Last Name Facts

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

Gunasinghe is found most in Sri Lanka. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunasinghe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gunasinghe is the 34,862nd most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 479,759 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Gunasinghe are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 14,910 people, or 1 in 1,396. Besides Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.

Gunasinghe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gunasinghe last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gunasinghe earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.96% more than the national average, earning $45,289 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.33% more than the national average, earning $60,279 CAD per year.

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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 Gunasinghe
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