Guruza Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Guruza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 332 | 1:533,563 | 26,209 |
| Zimbabwe | 105 | 1:147,031 | 18,799 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Guruza (72) may also be a first name.
Guruza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guruza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guruza is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Guruza.
How Common Is The Last Name Guruza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 677,464th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. The last name Guruza occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Guruza reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 72 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 533,563. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kebbi, where 38 percent reside, Gombe, where 13 percent reside and Bauchi, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Guruza
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