Guruwe Surname

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

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Guruwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Guruwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe281:551,36643,741
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Guruwe Last Name Facts

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

Guruwe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guruwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Guruwe is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. Guruwe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guruwe live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 551,366. In Zimbabwe Guruwe is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 82 percent live, Harare Province, where 4 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 4 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nguruwe922,002/
Guruve83149/
Gurube83120/
Guruwa8388/
Gureuw8327/
Guruwi831/
Ghuruw831/
Nguruve771,309/
Guruhwa7710/
Guruwai771/
Ghoruwe771/
Guruway771/
Guruvesh712/
Gourouwa711/
Gurubi6790/
Goruwa6732/
Gorowe6724/
Guruvi6718/
Gurowi671/
Gurive671/
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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 Guruwe
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