Gufa Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Gufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 277 | 1:2,769,189 | 85,362 |
| Tanzania | 121 | 1:437,534 | 30,427 |
| Zimbabwe | 54 | 1:285,893 | 29,291 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gufa (1,156) may also be a first name.
Gufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gufa (Hindi: गुफा, Marathi: गुफ़ा, Russian: Гуфа) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gufa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gufa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gufa is the 556,360th most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Gufa live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Gufa is also the 233,837th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,156 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 2,769,189. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent are found, Bihar, where 0 percent are found and Jharkhand, where 0 percent are found. Apart from India this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 21 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gufa in the Marathi language | ||
| गुफ़ा | gufa | - |
| Gufa in the Hindi language | ||
| गुफा | gupha | 91.67 |
| गूफा | gupha | 8.33 |
| Gufa in the Russian language | ||
| Гуфа | gufa | - |
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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 Gufa
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