Gureje Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Gureje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Gureje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gureje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gureje is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gureje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,048,281st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gureje are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 52 percent are found, Kano, where 14 percent are found and Cross River, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gureje
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