Gorases Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Gorases Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 526 | 1:4,581 | 840 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Gorases Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorases Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gorases is found in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorases? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gorases is the 585,898th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name Gorases is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gorases reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is carried by 526 people, or 1 in 4,581. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Kunene Region, where 33 percent are found, Khomas Region, where 25 percent are found and Erongo Region, where 23 percent are found. Aside from Namibia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gorases
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