Gunawardane Surname

49,688th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,347 people bear this surname

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

Gunawardane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunawardane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka10,1601:2,048283
United States631:5,753,316282,354
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England101:5,571,806158,774
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Gunawardane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gunawardane occurs in Sri Lanka more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunawardane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 49,688th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 704,315 people. The surname Gunawardane occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Gunawardane live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 10,160 people, or 1 in 2,048. Besides Sri Lanka Gunawardane is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Gunawardane Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gunawardane surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

Gunawardane earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.82% more than the national average, earning $55,153 USD 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
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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 Gunawardane
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