Goor Surname

135,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Belgium

Goor Surname User-submission:

Goor is the name of a village in North Belgium. It is also a word used in Dutch to mean 'gore', something awful.

Goor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,0541:727,76633,422
Belgium6531:17,6062,700
Netherlands6041:27,9594,587
United States2401:1,510,246102,670
Iran1851:415,04126,306
England961:580,39635,131
Canada621:594,28449,093
Germany581:1,388,02586,120
France541:1,230,050127,496
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Brazil431:4,978,473128,213
Australia361:749,88148,970
Ireland301:156,9657,012
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Pakistan241:7,443,49540,927
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Austria111:774,13064,097
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Goor (100) may also be a first name.

Goor Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Goor is the name of a village in North Belgium. It is also a word used in Dutch to mean 'gore', something awful.

- delphinegoor

Goor means cub in Hebrew. Like a lion cub, fox cub etc.

- charlottegoor

Goor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goor (Bengali: গোড়, Marathi: गोओर, Russian: Гоор) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 135,867th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,204,339 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Goor are found; 42 percent are found in Western Europe and 35 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Goor is also the 946,056th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 100 people.

Goor is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 1,054 people, or 1 in 727,766. In India Goor is most frequent in: Assam, where 96 percent are found, West Bengal, where 1 percent are found and Tripura, where 1 percent are found. Not including India Goor occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 20 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 18 percent are found.

Goor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Goor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 565 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Goor are 28.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.82% being registered with the party.

The amount Goor earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 138.52% more than the national average, earning R 566,820 per year; in United States they earn 9.97% more than the national average, earning $47,450 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.69% more than the national average, earning $54,001 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goore899,861/
Goorh89736/
Ghoor89447/
Ngoor8980/
Goord8933/
Goohr899/
Goojr896/
Goort892/
Gor8615,590/
Oor862,083/
Ghoore808/
Gooier803/
Ghoord803/
Goojre801/
Goorre801/
Goorhe801/
Gore75208,153/
Gour7555,739/
Gorh7532,412/
Ngor7524,264/
Gort755,295/
Gohr754,020/
Hoor753,842/
Gorr753,161/
Ghor752,739/
Gord751,737/
Oord751,381/
Oort75969/
Gorz75406/
Goer75377/
Gorp75259/
Oore75183/
Goir75170/
Gojr7533/
Ggor7526/
Gotr7516/
Kgor753/
Oorr752/
Goyr752/
Oorh752/
Ňoor751/
Gosr750/
Goorova731/
Goorová731/
Goohier730/
Or6725,719/
Gorre6716,519/
Goure677,039/
Gorhe671,939/
Gourd671,458/
Ghore671,269/
Gourh671,220/
Goire67607/
Hoore67269/
Oordt67248/
Gordt67220/
Ghour67134/
Hoort67116/
Goehr6788/
Gordh6782/
Gourp6751/
Gohrt6732/
Goyre6732/
Gohur6729/
Ghoir6721/
Ghord6718/
Ghorh6716/
Gourt6714/
Ngour6713/
Ghoer679/
Ghohr676/
Ghorr675/
Ggore675/
N'Gor675/
Ng'or675/
Gortt674/
Nggor674/
Gothr674/
Kgore674/
Ghosr673/
Gorrh673/
Gouhr673/
Ghotr673/
Ghort672/
Geeor672/
Nngor672/
Goirh672/
Oorre671/
Hootr671/
Ghorp671/
Gottr671/
Gorht671/
Goerr671/
Gordd671/
Ngorh671/
Goeyr671/
Gorzh671/
Hoorr671/
Nghor671/
Gourz671/
Goyrt671/
Kgord671/
Gosre671/
Oojre671/
Gohrh671/
Goird671/
Goyrd671/
Ghorz671/
Hoord670/
Gorpf670/
Gorrd670/
Hgort670/
Ghuor670/

Goor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goor in the Bengali language
গোড়gora-
Goor in the Marathi language
गोओरgo'ora-
Goor in the Russian language
Гоорgoor-

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