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 last name Gorases occurs most in Namibia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorases? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 585,898th most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gorases reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Gorases is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 526 people, or 1 in 4,581. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Kunene Region, where 33 percent live, Khomas Region, where 25 percent live and Erongo Region, where 23 percent live. Apart from Namibia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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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