Gurasa Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Gurasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 534 | 1:331,728 | 18,109 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Gurasa (60) may also be a first name.
Gurasa Demographics
Gurasa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gurasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gurasa (Hindi: गुरासा, Marathi: गुरासा, Oriya: ଗୁରୁବାରି) is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurasa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 573,706th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gurasa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most widely held given name internationally, held by 60 people.
The surname Gurasa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 534 people, or 1 in 331,728. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kano, where 99 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 1 percent reside and Adamawa, where 0 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 0 percent reside.
Gurasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gurasa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurasa in the Marathi language | ||
| गुरासा | gurasa | 76.92 |
| गूरसा | gurasa | 15.38 |
| गुरसा | gurasa | 7.69 |
| Gurasa in the Hindi language | ||
| गुरासा | gurasa | 50 |
| गुरसा | gurasa | 50 |
| Gurasa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁରୁବାରି | gurubari | 33.33 |
| ଗୁରାସା | gurasa | 33.33 |
| ଗୁରସା | gurasa | 33.33 |
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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 Gurasa
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