Gunathilaka Surname

18,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,277 people bear this surname

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

Gunathilaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunathilaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka28,9441:71985
United Arab Emirates961:95,4408,441
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Qatar661:35,7273,681
Australia331:818,05251,601
England171:3,277,533109,658
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Gunathilaka (361) may also be a first name.

Gunathilaka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gunathilaka is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Gunathilaka click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunathilaka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gunathilaka is the 18,816th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 248,917 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gunathilaka are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 458,188th most common first name internationally It is held by 361 people.

The last name Gunathilaka is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 28,944 people, or 1 in 719. Besides Sri Lanka this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live and Bahrain, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunathillaka961/
Gunatilaka955,053/
Gunathilake9126,670/
Gunethilaka914/
Goonathilaka87958/
Gunathillake87879/
Gunatilake869,658/
Gunatileka8620/
Gunetilaka861/
Goonathillaka831/
Goonatilaka82382/
Goonathilake781,195/
Gonatilake761/
Gunatiloke761/
Goonathillake755/
Goonatilake73890/

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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 Gunathilaka
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