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) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gufa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 556,360th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. The last name Gufa is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Gufa live; 48 percent live in South Asia and 48 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 233,837th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 1,156 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 2,769,189. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent live, Bihar, where 0 percent live and Jharkhand, where 0 percent live. Aside from India Gufa occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 21 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.
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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- 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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