Gugunava Surname

525,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 617 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Gugunava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gugunava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia5091:7,3591,674
Russia611:2,362,673139,353
Abkhazia271:8,9951,267
England51:11,143,612252,590
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gugunava Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gugunava Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gugunava (Georgian: გუგუნავა, Russian: Гугунава) is carried by more people in Georgia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gugunava? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 525,631st most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 11,811,258 people. The last name Gugunava occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Gugunava reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.

It is most common in Georgia, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 7,359. In Georgia it is most frequent in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 32 percent reside, Tbilisi, where 31 percent reside and Adjara, where 30 percent reside. Without taking into account Georgia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 10 percent reside and Abkhazia, where 4 percent reside.

Gugunava Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Gugunava surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 40% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gugunova88126/
Guguneva881/
Ugunova802/
Gogunova75108/
Ungunova7527/
Guginova756/
Ugonova671/
Gogonova63106/
Gogonaba632/
Ogounova631/
Ogunawo5310/
Ogonova533/
Ogunowa531/
Ogunnawo5067/
Ogounová5019/
Ogonnawa503/
Ogunaiwo503/

Gugunava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gugunava in the Georgian language
გუგუნავაgugunava-
Gugunava in the Russian language
Гугунаваgugunava-

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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 Gugunava
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