Guna Surname
Approximately 14,682 people bear this surname
Guna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5,271 | 1:25,090 | 2,985 |
| India | 4,587 | 1:167,226 | 10,378 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,096 | 1:18,986 | 2,610 |
| Papua New Guinea | 685 | 1:11,903 | 1,091 |
| Romania | 444 | 1:45,220 | 5,669 |
| Philippines | 317 | 1:319,363 | 44,398 |
| United Arab Emirates | 310 | 1:29,556 | 3,247 |
| Malaysia | 204 | 1:144,580 | 9,096 |
| Nigeria | 191 | 1:927,449 | 39,947 |
| Albania | 133 | 1:21,910 | 3,704 |
| Slovenia | 133 | 1:18,704 | 4,273 |
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Singapore | 107 | 1:51,474 | 1,981 |
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| Qatar | 94 | 1:25,085 | 2,628 |
| Spain | 86 | 1:543,628 | 26,445 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Zimbabwe | 58 | 1:266,177 | 28,032 |
| Solomon Islands | 57 | 1:10,176 | 1,762 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Moldova | 51 | 1:69,831 | 9,325 |
| Pakistan | 47 | 1:3,800,934 | 27,883 |
| Taiwan | 29 | 1:808,440 | 5,718 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Transnistria | 15 | 1:31,647 | 5,088 |
| Nepal | 10 | 1:2,848,096 | 9,545 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
The alternate forms: Gună (172) & Guña (38) are calculated separately.
Guna (44,253) may also be a first name.
Guna Demographics
Guna Political Affiliation
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Guna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guna (Arabic: غونا, Bengali: গুনা, Georgian: გუნა, Hindi: गुना, Marathi: गुणा, Oriya: ଗୁନା, Russian: Гуна, Tibetan: གུ་ན་) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Gună or Guña. Click here to see other possible spellings of Guna.
How Common Is The Last Name Guna? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 35,946th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 496,359 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Guna reside; 40 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 39 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 20,437th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 44,253 people.
It is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 5,271 people, or 1 in 25,090. In Indonesia Guna is primarily found in: Bali, where 20 percent reside, West Java, where 14 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 75 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent reside and Sri Lanka, where 7 percent reside.
Guna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Guna has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 410 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Guna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Guna surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Guna earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 92.65% less than the national average, earning R 17,460 per year; in United States they earn 13.25% more than the national average, earning $48,868 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.41% more than the national average, earning $63,301 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guna in the Georgian language | ||
| გუნა | guna | - |
| Guna in the Marathi language | ||
| गुणा | guna | 75.97 |
| गुना | guna | 18.9 |
| गूणा | guna | 3.61 |
| गूना | guna | 0.89 |
| गुण | guna | 0.42 |
| Guna in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁନା | guna | 74.97 |
| ଗୁନ | guna | 13.26 |
| ଗୁଣ | guna | 6.49 |
| ଗୁଣା | guna | 3.05 |
| ଗୂନା | guna | 0.61 |
| ଗୁନି | guni | 0.06 |
| ଗୁାନା | guana | 0.06 |
| Guna in the Tibetan language | ||
| གུ་ན་ | guna | 56.25 |
| མགུ་ནཱ། | guna | 6.25 |
| མགུ་ན། | guna | 6.25 |
| ག་ན་ | gana | 6.25 |
| དགུ་ནགས། | gunak | 6.25 |
| གུར་ན་ | gurna | 6.25 |
| མགུ་སྣག་ | gunak | 6.25 |
| གུ་ན། | guna | 6.25 |
| Guna in the Bengali language | ||
| গুনা | guna | 54.55 |
| গুন | guna | 22.73 |
| গুণ | guna | 18.18 |
| গুনলক্ষী | gunalaksi | 4.55 |
| Guna in the Hindi language | ||
| गुना | guna | 51.6 |
| गुणा | guna | 26.25 |
| गूना | guna | 20.86 |
| गूणा | guna | 0.3 |
| गुनो | guno | 0.1 |
| गुढा | gudha | 0.1 |
| घुना | ghuna | 0.1 |
| गुडा | guda | 0.1 |
| घना | ghana | 0.1 |
| गुंआ | guma | 0.1 |
| गुण | guna | 0.1 |
| घूना | ghuna | 0.1 |
| Guna in the Russian language | ||
| Гуна | guna | - |
| Guna in the Arabic language | ||
| غونا | ghwna | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Guna
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