Gorcum Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Gorcum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 261 | 1:298,166 | 19,563 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
Gorcum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorcum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorcum occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorcum? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 961,438th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. Gorcum is predominantly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Gorcum reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
Gorcum is most widely held in Turkey, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 298,166. In Turkey Gorcum is most common in: Bingol Province, where 43 percent are found, Bitlis Province, where 23 percent are found and Malatya Province, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Turkey Gorcum is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found and The United States Virgin Islands, where 1 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 Gorcum
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