Guruvayya Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Guruvayya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guruvayya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India331:23,244,406321,547
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Guruvayya (1,151) may also be a first name.

Guruvayya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guruvayya (Marathi: गुरुव) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guruvayya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,373,373rd most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Guruvayya live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 234,520th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,151 people.

It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 23,244,406. In India Guruvayya is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 42 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 24 percent live and Kerala, where 15 percent live. Other than India this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guruvaiya896/
Guruwayya891/
Guruvya881/
Gurubhayya841/
Guruwaiya7814/
Gurubhaiya7422/
Guruvaiiah741/
Guruvaiaha741/
Guruvaaiah741/
Guruviah7142/
Uruvia6716/
Urruviah5919/
Urubia532/
Huruwao507/
Gorubia506/
Gorubao503/
Gurobao503/
Urrubia501/
Ourubia501/
Hurubia501/

Guruvayya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Guruvayya in the Marathi language
गुरुवguruva78.57
गुरूवguruva21.43

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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 Guruvayya
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