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 more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gurunga is the 506,723rd most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Gurunga are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 76 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 493 people, or 1 in 1,555,914. In India it is most numerous in: Odisha, where 92 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 5 percent are found and Bihar, where 2 percent are found. Excluding India this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 19 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.
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
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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 Gurunga
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