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 can also be rendered as a variant: Gürchan. Click here for other possible spellings of Gurchan.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurchan? popularity and diffusion
Gurchan is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gurchan live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 302,485th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 740 people.
The last name Gurchan is most numerous in Nepal, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 890,030. In Nepal it is most numerous in: Bagmati, where 97 percent reside and Lumbini, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nepal it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and Malaysia, where 6 percent reside.
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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