Guruma Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Guruma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80 | 1:101,921 | 13,735 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Guruma (243) may also be a first name.
Guruma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guruma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guruma (Hindi: गुरूमा, Marathi: गुरुमा, Oriya: ଗୁରୁମା) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guruma? popularity and diffusion
Guruma is the 1,152,132nd most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Guruma reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Guruma is also the 573,164th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 243 people.
The last name Guruma is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria Guruma is primarily found in: Oyo, where 31 percent live, Yobe, where 25 percent live and Kano, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guruma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guruma in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁରୁମା | guruma | - |
| Guruma in the Marathi language | ||
| गुरुमा | guruma | 88.89 |
| गुरुमाािहम | gurumaaihama | 11.11 |
| Guruma in the Hindi language | ||
| गुरूमा | guruma | 66.67 |
| गुरुमा | guruma | 33.33 |
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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 Guruma
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