Gurira Surname
Approximately 650 people bear this surname
Gurira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 624 | 1:24,741 | 3,767 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Gurira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gurira (Russian: Гурира) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 504,985th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. The surname Gurira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gurira live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 624 people, or 1 in 24,741. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 36 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 24 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gurira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurira in the Russian language | ||
| Гурира | gurira | - |
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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 Gurira
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