Gathorne Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gathorne Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gathorne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:4,643,172139,951
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Gathorne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gathorne is most common in England. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gathorne click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gathorne? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gathorne is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Gathorne live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,643,172. In England Gathorne is mostly concentrated in: Kent, where 67 percent are found and Tyne and Wear, where 33 percent are found. Excluding England this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 40 percent are found.

Gathorne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gathorne has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Gathorne last name expanded 240 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Gathorne
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