Family name Gunawardene (Gunawardene 
) , in the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Gunawardene is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a common surname, Australia, where it is a rare surname, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Sri Lanka, Australia, and Indonesia.
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| Gunawardene | United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia |
| sunil gunawardene Sri Lankan sprinter, LK (b. 1949) |
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| a.p.n.c. de s. vaas gunawardene Sr Lankan army officer, LK (b. 1961) |
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| nalaka gunawardene Sri Lankan journalist, LK (b. 1966) |
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| deepal gunawardene Sri Lankan cricketer, LK (b. 1969) |
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| ashok gunawardene researcher |
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| nihara gunawardene Australian entomologist, AU |
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| melanie a gunawardene researcher |
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| yasanthi silva gunawardene researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2528-4236) |
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| amila gunawardene cricketer, LK (b. 1980) |
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| kanchana gunawardene Sri Lankan cricketer, LK (b. 1984) |
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| chathurani gunawardene Sri Lankan cricketer, LK (b. 1990) |
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| ravindu gunawardene Sri Lankan cricketer (b. 1997) |
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| dilshan gunawardene Sri Lankan cricketer, LK (b. 1998) |
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