Gorayah Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Gorayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 46 | 1:28,118 | 5,531 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Gorayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorayah is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorayah? popularity and diffusion
Gorayah is the 2,530,696th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Gorayah live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
Gorayah is most prevalent in Mauritius, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 28,118. In Mauritius Gorayah is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 93 percent live, Flacq District, where 2 percent live and Pamplemousses District, where 2 percent live. Excluding Mauritius it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 7 percent live and India, where 5 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 Gorayah
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