Gunasiri Surname
Approximately 1,480 people bear this surname
Gunasiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,462 | 1:14,233 | 2,024 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Gunasiri (958) may also be a first name.
Gunasiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gunasiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gunasiri has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gunasiri? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 264,506th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,924,018 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gunasiri are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Gunasiri is also the 260,722nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 958 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,462 people, or 1 in 14,233. Barring Sri Lanka this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unasiri | 93 | 121 | / |
| Gunasira | 88 | 1 | / |
| Unasirai | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ounasiri | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gunagiri | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ounnasiri | 82 | 2 | / |
| Gunashyri | 82 | 1 | / |
| Unhaseri | 75 | 73 | / |
| Gunasera | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gunageri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hunasgeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ungoseri | 63 | 1 | / |
| Onoshirie | 59 | 37 | / |
| Gonaseara | 59 | 1 | / |
| Unhaseree | 59 | 1 | / |
| Unahaseree | 56 | 8 | / |
| Aunhaseree | 56 | 1 | / |
| Onoseri | 53 | 17 | / |
| Onociri | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gougnossere | 53 | 1 | / |
| Onosaire | 50 | 14 | / |
| Gunogere | 50 | 6 | / |
| Ounahasayree | 50 | 1 | / |
| Onashere | 50 | 1 | / |
| Onoshire | 50 | 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 Gunasiri
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