Gunawardhena Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Gunawardhena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Gunawardhena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gunawardhena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gunawardhena occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gunawardhena? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gunawardhena is the 546,286th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gunawardhena reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
Gunawardhena is most widespread in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Besides Sri Lanka it is found in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunawardena | 96 | 52,276 | / |
| Gunawardhana | 92 | 16,819 | / |
| Gunawardhene | 92 | 9 | / |
| Gunawardeana | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardana | 87 | 53,396 | / |
| Gunawardene | 87 | 3,817 | / |
| Gunewardena | 87 | 2,180 | / |
| Gonawardena | 87 | 7 | / |
| Goonawardena | 83 | 3,287 | / |
| Gunavardhana | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gunewardhana | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ginawardhana | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gunewaardena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goonaawardena | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gunewardana | 78 | 6 | / |
| Gunawerdana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gunavardana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Goonawardene | 75 | 661 | / |
| Goonawordena | 75 | 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 Gunawardhena
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