Gurchan Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Gurchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 32 | 1:890,030 | 5,708 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
The alternate forms: Gürchan (1) are calculated separately.
Gurchan (740) may also be a first name.
Gurchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gurchan (Bengali: গৌরচাঁন, Georgian: გურჩან, Hindi: गुरचन, Marathi: गुरचन, Russian: Гурчан) is found most frequently in Nepal. It may appear in the variant forms: Gürchan. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurchan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gurchan reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 302,485th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 740 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nepal, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 890,030. In Nepal Gurchan is primarily found in: Bagmati, where 97 percent are found and Lumbini, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nepal Gurchan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gurchan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurchan in the Georgian language | ||
| გურჩან | gurchan | - |
| Gurchan in the Bengali language | ||
| গৌরচাঁন | gauracamna | - |
| Gurchan in the Marathi language | ||
| गुरचन | guracana | - |
| Gurchan in the Hindi language | ||
| गुरचन | guracana | 90 |
| गुरचण | guracana | 5 |
| गुरचन् | guracan | 5 |
| Gurchan in the Russian language | ||
| Гурчан | gurcan | - |
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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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- 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 Gurchan
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