Gourja Surname
Approximately 659 people bear this surname
Gourja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gourja (33) may also be a first name.
Gourja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gourja (Hindi: गौर्जा) is found most frequently in Morocco. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 499,597th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,058,492 people. Gourja occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gourja reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,807,719th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 33 people.
The surname Gourja is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 648 people, or 1 in 53,204. Beside Morocco this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gourja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gourja in the Hindi language | ||
| गौर्जा | gaurja | - |
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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
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- 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 Gourja
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