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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gureje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,048,281st most commonly used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gureje reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gureje is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria Gureje is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 52 percent reside, Kano, where 14 percent reside and Cross River, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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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