Gurunga Surname
Approximately 647 people bear this surname
Gurunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 493 | 1:1,555,914 | 57,873 |
| Brazil | 124 | 1:1,726,406 | 56,376 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gurunga (14) may also be a first name.
Gurunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gurunga (Oriya: ଗୁରୁ) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurunga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 506,723rd most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Gurunga reside; 76 percent reside in South Asia and 76 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used given name globally It is held by 14 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 493 people, or 1 in 1,555,914. In India Gurunga is mostly found in: Odisha, where 92 percent live, Jharkhand, where 5 percent live and Bihar, where 2 percent live. Aside from India Gurunga is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 19 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gurunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁରୁ | guru | 98.17 |
| ବିୁଗୁରୁ | biuguru | 0.91 |
| ଗୁରୁଂଗ | gurunga | 0.3 |
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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 Gurunga
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