Goray Surname
Approximately 2,602 people bear this surname
Goray Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,707 | 1:449,365 | 23,213 |
| Russia | 309 | 1:466,418 | 43,668 |
| United States | 214 | 1:1,693,733 | 112,431 |
| Mexico | 90 | 1:1,379,180 | 15,553 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Kazakhstan | 50 | 1:353,650 | 28,520 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| Belarus | 24 | 1:395,877 | 40,412 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Göray (273) are calculated separately.
Goray (694) may also be a first name.
Goray Demographics
Goray Political Affiliation
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Goray Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goray Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goray (Hindi: गोराय, Marathi: गोरे, Russian: Горай, Tibetan: གོ་རེ་) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Göray. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goray? popularity and diffusion
Goray is the 166,357th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,800,748 people. The surname Goray is primarily found in Asia, where 72 percent of Goray are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 66 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Goray is also the 313,811th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 694 people.
The surname Goray is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 1,707 people, or 1 in 449,365. In India Goray is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 57 percent live, West Bengal, where 27 percent live and Maharashtra, where 4 percent live. Aside from India it exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Goray Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Goray has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Goray last name expanded 5,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Goray Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Goray last name are 18.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.57% registered with the party.
The amount Goray earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 20.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,433 per year; in United States they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $47,990 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.63% less than the national average, earning $41,420 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Goray Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Goray in the Marathi language | ||
| गोरे | gore | 85.71 |
| गोराय | goraya | 7.14 |
| गोरेाळ | goreala | 3.57 |
| गोरय | goraya | 1.79 |
| Goray in the Tibetan language | ||
| གོ་རེ་ | goré | 71.43 |
| གོ་རི་ | gori | 14.29 |
| དགོ་རི་ | gori | 7.14 |
| གེ་རེ་ | géré | 7.14 |
| Goray in the Hindi language | ||
| गोराय | goraya | 57.14 |
| गोड़या | goraya | 14.29 |
| गोड़या | goraya | 14.29 |
| गोरय | goraya | 14.29 |
| Goray in the Russian language | ||
| Горай | goraj | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goray
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