Gurija Surname
Approximately 863 people bear this surname
Gurija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 845 | 1:907,770 | 39,320 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
Gurija (193) may also be a first name.
Gurija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gurija (Hindi: गुरिजा, Oriya: ଗୁରିଜା) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurija? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gurija is the 405,848th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,444,433 people. Gurija occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Gurija reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gurija is also the 653,740th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 193 people.
The surname Gurija is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 845 people, or 1 in 907,770. In India Gurija is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 51 percent reside, Telangana, where 49 percent reside and Delhi, where 0 percent reside. Outside of India this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gurija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurija in the Hindi language | ||
| गुरिजा | gurija | - |
| Gurija in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁରିଜା | gurija | - |
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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 Gurija
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