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 last name Guruza is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guruza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 677,464th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. The last name Guruza occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Guruza live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Guruza is also the 1,143,416th most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 72 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 533,563. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kebbi, where 38 percent are found, Gombe, where 13 percent are found and Bauchi, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Guruza is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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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