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
Gurkha (Hindi: गुरखा, Marathi: गुरखा, Oriya: ଗୁଖର୍ା, Tibetan: གུར་ཀ་) occurs most in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurkha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gurkha is the 216,168th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,837,570 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gurkha live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 608,246th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 220 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 1,701 people, or 1 in 450,950. In India Gurkha is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent are found, Goa, where 4 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent are found. Apart from India Gurkha exists in 9 countries. It is also common 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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