Gorah Surname
Approximately 1,332 people bear this surname
Gorah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 743 | 1:1,032,389 | 43,187 |
| Iran | 239 | 1:321,266 | 22,175 |
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Algeria | 77 | 1:501,708 | 37,085 |
| Tanzania | 58 | 1:912,786 | 44,301 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gorah (438) may also be a first name.
Gorah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorah (Hindi: गोरह, Marathi: गोराह) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gorah.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 288,063rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,471,131 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Gorah are found; 75 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Gorah is also the 409,668th most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 438 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 743 people, or 1 in 1,032,389. In India it is mostly found in: Assam, where 91 percent reside, Gujarat, where 6 percent reside and West Bengal, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account India it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorah in the Hindi language | ||
| गोरह | goraha | 50 |
| गोरख | gorakha | 25 |
| गेारह | gearaha | 25 |
| Gorah in the Marathi language | ||
| गोराह | goraha | 40 |
| गोरख | gorakha | 40 |
| गोरह | goraha | 20 |
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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 Gorah
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