Gunewardene Surname
Approximately 1,196 people bear this surname
Gunewardene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,169 | 1:17,800 | 2,457 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gunewardene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gunewardene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gunewardene is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gunewardene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 314,042nd most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 6,093,266 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Gunewardene live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
This surname is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 1,169 people, or 1 in 17,800. Excluding Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunawardene | 91 | 3,817 | / |
| Gunewardena | 91 | 2,180 | / |
| Gunewardane | 91 | 20 | / |
| Gonewardene | 91 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardene | 87 | 5,746 | / |
| Gunawardhene | 87 | 9 | / |
| Gunewaardena | 87 | 1 | / |
| Gunawardane | 82 | 10,347 | / |
| Gunawardhane | 78 | 2,363 | / |
| Gonnewardena | 78 | 1 | / |
| Goonewardine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gunavardane | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gunawardhani | 70 | 6 | / |
| Gunavardhane | 70 | 2 | / |
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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 Gunewardene
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