Guruswamy Surname

257,298th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Guruswamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guruswamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,1051:694,17732,297
United States1751:2,071,194131,950
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
United Arab Emirates481:190,88113,202
Qatar411:57,5125,907
England261:2,143,00282,017
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Guruswamy (4,525) may also be a first name.

Guruswamy Last Name Facts

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

Guruswamy has its highest incidence in India. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guruswamy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 257,298th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,759,991 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Guruswamy reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 102,245th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 4,525 people.

Guruswamy is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 1,105 people, or 1 in 694,177. In India Guruswamy is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 47 percent live, Tamil Nadu, where 20 percent live and Karnataka, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Bahrain, where 4 percent live.

Guruswamy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Guruswamy surname are 22.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75.56% registered with the party.

The amount Guruswamy earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 26.71% more than the national average, earning $54,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.07% more than the national average, earning $54,187 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kguruswamy955/
Guruswammy951/
Guruyswamy951/
Guruswami89424/
Gurusvamy891/
Guruswaami843/
Gurusvami78182/
Giriswamy7812/
Guruswemi781/
Goruswami781/
Gorruswami741/
Giriswami6710/
Gurosvami671/
Guroosvami637/
Girisvami5621/

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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 Guruswamy
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