Gurjiya Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gurjiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gurjiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Gurjiya (10) may also be a first name.

Gurjiya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gurjiya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gurjiya (Hindi: गुरजीया) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gurjiya? popularity and diffusion

Gurjiya is the 3,100,440th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Gurjiya is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gurjiya reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Gurjiya is most frequent in: Kano, where 95 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 3 percent reside and Zamfara, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gurjiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gurjiya in the Hindi language
गुरजीयाgurajiya-

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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 Gurjiya
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