Gunawardena is used as a family name or surname in Sri Lanka. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gunawardena
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Sri Lanka
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gunawardena

How popular is Gunawardena?

Gunawardena is common in Sri Lanka.

Gunawardena is ranked 11409 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gunawardenas grew by 68.93204 per cent to 174 since 2000 and ranked 103181 after elevating 43914 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 91.38 90.29
Others 5.17 6.8
Gunawardena is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sri Lanka which signifies that it is originated from Sri Lanka. Around 46947 people have been found who wears Gunawardena as their family name. Gunawardena is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
4,138 Bahrain3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
219,873 France2
124,220 Italy2
18,625 Japan2
24,766 Scotland2
26,123 Malaysia2
6,900 Oman2
723,167 Indonesia2
7,847 Albania1
107,212 South Africa1
897,276 Russia1
30,360 Thailand1
7,198 Maldives1
169,904 Brazil1
3,350 Fiji1
2,040 Mali1
5,467 Haiti1
3,243 Suriname1
21,562 Portugal1
118,015 Netherlands1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
6,376 Singapore47
16,226 New Zealand33
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,026 Canada91
15,572 Switzerland72
5,314 Kuwait70
Countries with hundreds of Gunawardena:
17,833 England307
10,547 Australia264
92,104 United States250
4,770 United Arab Emirates206
71,225 Germany134
Countries with ten thousands of Gunawardena:
43 Sri Lanka45,386
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Gunawardena Namesakes

  • Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Sarana Gunawardena, Politician
  • Indika Gunawardena, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Jayanth Gunawardena, Cinematographer
  • Dinesh Gunawardena, Sri Lankan Politician
  • Dayananda Gunawardena, Playwright

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