Karunawardena Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Karunawardena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Karunawardena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karunawardena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karunawardena has its highest incidence in Sri Lanka. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Karunawardena.
How Common Is The Last Name Karunawardena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 906,170th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Karunawardena are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most commonly used in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Besides Sri Lanka Karunawardena exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 0 percent are found and Oman, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karunawardana | 92 | 446 | / |
| Karunawardhana | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kurniawardana | 77 | 131 | / |
| Karunaratna | 75 | 5,043 | / |
| Karunaradne | 75 | 2 | / |
| Karunaratana | 72 | 4 | / |
| Karunarahtna | 72 | 1 | / |
| Karunartne | 70 | 21 | / |
| Karunaratn | 70 | 1 | / |
| Kurniawardani | 69 | 13 | / |
| Karunaratne | 67 | 52,615 | / |
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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 Karunawardena
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