Gongora Surname
Approximately 73,016 people bear this surname
Gongora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 21,883 | 1:5,672 | 709 |
| Colombia | 11,739 | 1:4,070 | 643 |
| Cuba | 8,362 | 1:1,378 | 221 |
| Argentina | 4,501 | 1:9,496 | 916 |
| Peru | 4,055 | 1:7,838 | 1,175 |
| Bolivia | 3,512 | 1:3,023 | 505 |
| Spain | 3,101 | 1:15,076 | 1,719 |
| United States | 3,079 | 1:117,720 | 12,673 |
| Ecuador | 2,131 | 1:7,464 | 1,214 |
| Philippines | 1,717 | 1:58,962 | 9,926 |
| Nicaragua | 1,673 | 1:3,599 | 470 |
| Chile | 1,522 | 1:11,575 | 946 |
| Brazil | 1,145 | 1:186,964 | 7,210 |
| Belize | 992 | 1:358 | 55 |
| Guatemala | 977 | 1:16,461 | 1,449 |
| France | 617 | 1:107,654 | 15,984 |
| Costa Rica | 496 | 1:9,637 | 493 |
| Panama | 484 | 1:8,083 | 800 |
| El Salvador | 361 | 1:17,573 | 875 |
| Venezuela | 183 | 1:165,050 | 4,906 |
| Romania | 148 | 1:135,661 | 14,677 |
| Uruguay | 74 | 1:46,375 | 5,218 |
| Zimbabwe | 43 | 1:359,029 | 33,752 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Honduras | 20 | 1:440,822 | 3,218 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Góngora (391), Gòngora (10) & Gôngora (5) are calculated separately.
Gongora (38) may also be a first name.
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Gongora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gongora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gongora is found in Mexico more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Góngora, Gòngora or Gôngora. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gongora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,782nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,808 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Gongora live; 39 percent live in South America and 30 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most common first name in the world It is held by 38 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is borne by 21,883 people, or 1 in 5,672. In Mexico it is most prevalent in: Yucatán, where 42 percent are found, Quintana Roo, where 14 percent are found and Campeche, where 9 percent are found. Barring Mexico this last name occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 16 percent are found and Cuba, where 11 percent are found.
Gongora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gongora has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gongora last name increased 20,527 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gongora Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gongora surname are 41.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.18% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gongora earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 4.51% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,511 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.98% less than the national average, earning $22,025,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.75% less than the national average, earning $39,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.03% less than the national average, earning $35,261 CAD per year.
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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
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