Gunewardena Surname

193,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,180 people bear this surname

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

Gunewardena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gunewardena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2,0471:10,1651,474
United States411:8,840,462379,649
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
England251:2,228,72284,230
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Gunewardena Last Name Facts

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

Gunewardena occurs most in Sri Lanka. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gunewardena? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gunewardena is the 193,023rd most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,342,911 people. The last name Gunewardena is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Gunewardena live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,047 people, or 1 in 10,165. Apart from Sri Lanka Gunewardena exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside.

Gunewardena Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gunewardena last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

The amount Gunewardena earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 11.85% more than the national average, earning $48,262 USD per year and in Canada they earn 56.77% more than the national average, earning $77,888 CAD 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
  • 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 Gunewardena
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