Gunatillake Surname
Approximately 1,636 people bear this surname
Gunatillake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,535 | 1:13,556 | 1,941 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gunatillake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gunatillake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gunatillake is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gunatillake? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gunatillake is the 243,671st most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,454,490 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Gunatillake are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
It is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,535 people, or 1 in 13,556. Excluding Sri Lanka Gunatillake is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunathillake | 96 | 879 | / |
| Gunatilleke | 91 | 2,959 | / |
| Gunatillaka | 91 | 28 | / |
| Gonatillake | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gunatlake | 90 | 1 | / |
| Goonatillake | 87 | 539 | / |
| Gunathilleke | 87 | 9 | / |
| Gunethillake | 87 | 1 | / |
| Goonathillake | 83 | 5 | / |
| Gunetilleke | 82 | 378 | / |
| Gunatelleke | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gounetilleke | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gunathlaka | 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
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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 Gunatillake
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