Gurupa Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Gurupa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gurupa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea381:214,57229,580
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
India91:85,229,487684,495
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004

The alternate forms: Gurupá (5) are calculated separately.

Gurupa (27) may also be a first name.

Gurupa Last Name Facts

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

Gurupa is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as a variant: Gurupá. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gurupa? popularity and diffusion

Gurupa is the 2,091,648th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Gurupa live; 47 percent live in Oceania Islands and 47 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 27 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea Gurupa is primarily found in: Morobe, where 95 percent reside and Northern, where 5 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea Gurupa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurupá945/
Gurupad9261/
Guruppa9245/
Gurupaz927/
Gurupat922/
Ngurupa921/
Gurupai921/
Urupa91540/
Gurruppa865/
Gurupach864/
Gurupoha861/
Guruphat861/
Gorupa8396/
Hurupa8376/
Uroupa8352/
Uruppa8327/
Aurupa8313/
Gurupo8313/
Gurupy834/
Gurupi833/
Urupai833/
Guripa831/
Urupay831/
Gurupe831/
Uruspa831/
Utrupa831/
Ngurrupai801/
Ngurupi77198/
Gorupay77144/
Goruppa779/
Ghurupe774/
Autrupa772/
Urushpa772/
Urrupai772/
Euroupa771/
Giruppa771/
Ouroupa771/
Guruspe771/
Orupa7351/
Urupá734/
Horupa6775/
Oroupa6748/
Giripa6718/
Gorupi674/
Oreupa671/
Európa671/
Ūtrupa671/
Guripo671/

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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 Gurupa
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