Goercharan Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Goercharan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Goercharan 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
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Suriname191:29,0855,642
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Goercharan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goercharan occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Goercharan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Goercharan is the 2,776,799th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. Goercharan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Goercharan reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 675,487. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 56 percent live, North Holland, where 40 percent live and North Brabant, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Suriname, where 39 percent live and The United States, where 10 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
Gercharan951/
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Goorcharan9091/
Goorcharran8614/
Gurcharan84197/
Ghoorcharane822/
Gurcharran8017/
Gurrcharan806/
Gurchoran741/
Gurkharan741/
Gurjaran672/
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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 Goercharan
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