Gurumo Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Gurumo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gurumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1831:289,29822,476
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Gurumo (56) may also be a first name.

Gurumo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gurumo (Tibetan: གུ་རུ་མོ།) is most common in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gurumo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gurumo is the 1,136,896th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gurumo are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 56 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 289,298. In Tanzania Gurumo is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 90 percent live, Pwani Region, where 5 percent live and Arusha Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngurumo92141/
Gurumoh923/
Urumo913/
Gouroumo862/
Guruma83208/
Aurumo83108/
Gurimo8315/
Guromo835/
Urumoi832/
Hurumo832/
Urumoh831/
Utrumo831/
Ourumo831/
Urhumo831/
Gouroumou801/
Nguruma77222/
Gurumma7710/
Gurguma775/
Gauruma775/
Gurumad773/
Goroumo771/
Gurimoi771/
Uruma732,715/
Orumo73359/
Uromo7311/
Gourouma71502/
Gaurumma715/
Gurumahe713/
Ouroumou711/
Gaurimoi711/
Huruma674,344/
Orumoi67577/
Girimo6767/
Guroma6753/
Urauma6746/
Orumoh6724/
Uromoi6721/
Goromo6718/
Gurima6714/
Ouruma6712/
Urhomo6711/
Orumuo6711/
Uroomo6710/
Giruma678/
Ngourouma677/
Orumoy673/
Goruma673/
Huromo672/
Uhromo671/
Orumoa671/
Urumaa671/
Urumas671/
Urhuma671/
Gouroumma671/

Gurumo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gurumo in the Tibetan language
གུ་རུ་མོ།gurumo-

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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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  • 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 Gurumo
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