Goonetilleke
surname · Latin script
Goonetilleke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country, where it is the 23rd most common surname.
- USUnited States≈1 in 2.9M(inferred from the name graph)
- LKSri Lanka≈1 in 925as Gunathilaka
- AUAustralia≈1 in 177K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Goonetilleke itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 101 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 177K (inferred from the name graph)
≈25,000 named Gunathilaka, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gunathilaka in LK Sri Lanka.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Goonetilleke counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LK Sri Lanka | #23 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 925 | — | Gunathilaka | 58 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 177K | — | Goonetilleke | 89 |
| US United States | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 2.9M | listed | Goonetilleke | 101 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 928K | — | Goonetilleke | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 750K | — | Goonetilleke | 10 |
| BS Bahamas | — | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 238K | — | Goonetilleke | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Goonetilleke have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 25 thousand people named Gunathilaka in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Goonetilleke?
- Mondonomo estimates about 25,000 people in Sri Lanka have Gunathilaka as their first surname, about 1 in 925 residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Goonetilleke compared with other names?
- In Sri Lanka, Goonetilleke is the 23rd most common surname of 20,196 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Goonetilleke?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/goonetillekeThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Goonetilleke” — the 23rd most common surname in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.