Gunathilake Surname

20,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,670 people bear this surname

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

Gunathilake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunathilake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka26,5321:78493
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Australia271:999,84158,390
England161:3,482,379114,324
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United States121:30,204,911765,334
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Oman41:921,9937,313
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bermuda11:65,2793,010

Gunathilake (18) may also be a first name.

Gunathilake Last Name Facts

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

Gunathilake is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunathilake? popularity and diffusion

Gunathilake is the 20,484th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 273,249 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gunathilake live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 18 people.

The last name Gunathilake is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 26,532 people, or 1 in 784. Barring Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

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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 Gunathilake
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