Gurkha Surname
Approximately 1,899 people bear this surname
Gurkha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,701 | 1:450,950 | 23,282 |
| Malaysia | 161 | 1:183,194 | 10,967 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gurkha (220) may also be a first name.
Gurkha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurkha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gurkha (Hindi: गुरखा, Marathi: गुरखा, Oriya: ଗୁଖର୍ା, Tibetan: གུར་ཀ་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurkha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 216,168th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,837,570 people. The last name Gurkha occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gurkha reside; 90 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gurkha is also the 608,246th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 220 people.
This surname is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 1,701 people, or 1 in 450,950. In India Gurkha is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent are found, Goa, where 4 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 8 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gurkha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurkha in the Tibetan language | ||
| གུར་ཀ་ | gurka | - |
| Gurkha in the Hindi language | ||
| गुरखा | gurakha | - |
| Gurkha in the Marathi language | ||
| गुरखा | gurakha | 97.6 |
| गोरखा | gorakha | 0.88 |
| गुरुखा | gurukha | 0.69 |
| गुरवा | gurava | 0.2 |
| गुख | gukha | 0.15 |
| ग़ुरखा | gurakha | 0.1 |
| सुरेखा | surekha | 0.1 |
| गोरख | gorakha | 0.1 |
| Gurkha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁଖର୍ା | gukhara | 93.33 |
| ଗୁରଖା | gurakha | 6.67 |
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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 Gurkha
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