Gururu Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gururu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gururu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Gururu Last Name Facts

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

Gururu (Russian: Гуруру) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gururu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Gururu is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Gururu live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe Gururu is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngururu92102/
Goururu921/
Gurureu921/
Ururu91806/
Ng'ururu861/
Hururu8311/
Utruru837/
Goruru832/
Giruru831/
Gourourou804/
Gururoo773/
Uyruyru771/
Uhyruru771/
Hururau771/
Oruru732,109/
Ourourou71136/
Orurau674/
Orurou671/
Orurui671/
Urguru671/
Ururoo671/
Gororu501/

Gururu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gururu in the Russian language
Гуруруgururu-

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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 Gururu
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