Gorua Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Gorua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 217 | 1:37,575 | 4,533 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Gorua (133) may also be a first name.
Gorua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorua (Hindi: गोरूआ) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gorua.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorua? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 961,438th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Gorua reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gorua is also the 804,402nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 133 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 37,575. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 44 percent reside, Central, where 20 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea Gorua is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorua in the Hindi language | ||
| गोरूआ | goru'a | - |
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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 Gorua
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