Goorsamy Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Goorsamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Goorsamy 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
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
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Goorsamy Demographics

Average Goorsamy Salary in
South Africa

R 504,924

Per year
Rank:
17,393 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
8.05914E-5
Rank: 72,160 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
212.48%
Sample size: 4 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Goorsamy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goorsamy occurs most in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goorsamy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Goorsamy live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Goorsamy is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 60 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 40 percent are found. Not including South Africa it exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritius, where 9 percent are found.

Goorsamy Last Name Statistics demography

Goorsamy earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 112.48% more than the national average, earning R 504,924 per year.

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
Goorsammy946/
Gorsammy881/
Gursamy801/
Gursammy754/
Goursame751/
Gharsamy751/
Orsame7188/
Orsama7118/
Garsama67108/
Garsami673/
Gorsomi671/
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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 Goorsamy
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