Guneratne Surname

146,334th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,030 people bear this surname

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

Guneratne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guneratne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,8511:7,2991,070
Australia801:337,44628,659
United States591:6,143,372295,589
England271:2,063,63279,942
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Guneratne (11) may also be a first name.

Guneratne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guneratne is most common in Sri Lanka. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guneratne? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 146,334th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,405,131 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Guneratne live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,851 people, or 1 in 7,299. Other than Sri Lanka Guneratne exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Guneratne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Guneratne last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Guneratne earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.35% more than the national average, earning $60,991 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gunerathne95950/
Gunaratne8930,880/
Guneratna894/
Guneran881/
Gunarathne8420,483/
Gooneratne848,018/
Gunaratnea841/
Gunerhan828/
Goonerathne80367/
Gunarathnne801/
Gooneratn781/
Gunaratny781/
Ginarathne741/
Günerhan711,372/
Gonerani71105/
Nguniran7113/
Gusniran712/
Guniram6319/
Gunnerheim6315/

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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 Guneratne
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis