Guragura Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Guragura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guragura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania971:545,79034,985
Kenya511:905,48833,171
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Guragura (47) may also be a first name.

Guragura Last Name Facts

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

The last name Guragura (Marathi: गुरगुरा) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Guragura.

How Common Is The Last Name Guragura? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,391,595th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Guragura live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Guragura is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 47 people.

The last name Guragura is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 545,790. In Tanzania Guragura is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 99 percent reside and Mara Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 32 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.

Guragura Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gouragoura891/
Guraguri88153/
Guragure881/
Gauragautra842/
Ghuragure821/
Ghuraghure78177/
Giragira758/
Guroguro758/
Goraguri757/
Ouragourou671/
Goragoro6316/
Goragore631/
Gourougourou608/
Gorogoro5036/
Gorogori502/
Girogiro501/

Guragura Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Guragura in the Marathi language
गुरगुराguragura-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Guragura
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