Guru Surname
Approximately 49,166 people bear this surname
Guru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 46,198 | 1:16,604 | 1,328 |
| Indonesia | 1,057 | 1:125,117 | 12,602 |
| Nigeria | 514 | 1:344,636 | 18,677 |
| Afghanistan | 325 | 1:98,933 | 2,568 |
| Malaysia | 299 | 1:98,643 | 6,785 |
| Papua New Guinea | 225 | 1:36,239 | 4,326 |
| England | 120 | 1:464,317 | 30,397 |
| Nepal | 116 | 1:245,525 | 3,237 |
| Zimbabwe | 111 | 1:139,083 | 18,071 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Bhutan | 9 | 1:68,449 | 728 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Gürü (388) are calculated separately.
Guru (116,662) may also be a first name.
Guru Demographics
Guru Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Guru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Guru (Arabic: غورو, Bengali: গুরু, Georgian: გურუ, Hindi: गुरु, Marathi: गुरु, Oriya: ଗୁରୁ, Russian: Гуру, Tibetan: གུ་རུ་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Gürü. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guru? popularity and diffusion
Guru is the 11,431st most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,223 people. Guru occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Guru reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 8,837th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 116,662 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 46,198 people, or 1 in 16,604. In India Guru is primarily found in: Odisha, where 89 percent are found, West Bengal, where 2 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Excluding India Guru is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Guru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Sunni (40%) in Lebanon and Muslim (90%) in Nigeria.
Guru earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 0.12% less than the national average, earning $49,622 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guru in the Georgian language | ||
| გურუ | guru | - |
| Guru in the Bengali language | ||
| গুরু | guru | 98.46 |
| Guru in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁରୁ | guru | 97.19 |
| ଗୁରୂ | guru | 0.96 |
| ଗୂରୁ | guru | 0.29 |
| ଗୂରୂ | guru | 0.13 |
| ଇଗୁରୁ | iguru | 0.08 |
| ଗୁର | gura | 0.04 |
| ଗୁଋ | gu'r | 0.02 |
| ଗରୁ | garu | 0.01 |
| ଅଗୁରୁ | aguru | 0.01 |
| ସୁେର | suera | 0 |
| ଡରୁ | daru | 0 |
| ଗୁେରା | guera | 0 |
| ବୁରୁ | buru | 0 |
| Guru in the Marathi language | ||
| गुरु | guru | 80.8 |
| गुरू | guru | 17.31 |
| गूरू | guru | 0.93 |
| गूरु | guru | 0.28 |
| गुर | gura | 0.04 |
| Guru in the Tibetan language | ||
| གུ་རུ་ | guru | 72.13 |
| གུ་རུ། | guru | 27.05 |
| གུ་རུང་ | gurung | 0.82 |
| Guru in the Hindi language | ||
| गुरु | guru | 53.94 |
| गुरू | guru | 45.22 |
| गूरु | guru | 0.17 |
| गूरू | guru | 0.16 |
| गुर | gura | 0.02 |
| गुुरू | guuru | 0.02 |
| गुरूा | gurua | 0.01 |
| गुरुज़् | guruz | 0.01 |
| गरू | garu | 0.01 |
| ्गुरु | guru | 0.01 |
| गु़़रू | guru | 0.01 |
| गरु | garu | 0.01 |
| गु़रू | guru | 0.01 |
| गु़रु | guru | 0.01 |
| Guru in the Russian language | ||
| Гуру | guru | - |
| Guru in the Arabic language | ||
| غورو | ghwrw | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Guru
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