Munaweera is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chandrasena Munaweera (9 July 1926 and died in June 1997), Sri Lankan politician, educator, journalist, and author Dilshan Munaweera (born 1989), Sri Lankan cricketer Gayan Munaweera (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer Nayomi Munaweera, Sri Lankan writer