English

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Etymology

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Nepali surname, from the name of the Gurung people of Nepal, गुरुङ (guruṅ), an exonym itself possibly borrowed from Tibetan.

Proper noun

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Gurung (plural Gurungs)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Gurung is the 9427th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3450 individuals. Gurung is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.57%) individuals.