Gurjia Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Gurjia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 24 | 1:156,064 | 10,700 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Gurjia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurjia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gurjia (Georgian: გურჯია) is found most frequently in Georgia. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurjia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Gurjia live; 98 percent live in West Asia and 56 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.
The last name Gurjia is most widespread in Georgia, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 156,064. In Georgia it is most common in: Tbilisi, where 54 percent live, Adjara, where 33 percent live and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 13 percent live. Besides Georgia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 37 percent live and Abkhazia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gurjia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurjia in the Georgian language | ||
| გურჯია | gurjia | - |
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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 Gurjia
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