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Where Does The Last Name Gorden Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Gorden (Marathi: गॉडर्न, Russian: Горден, Tibetan: སྒོར་ལྡན།) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Görden, Gordën or Gördén. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorden? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 78,925^th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,178,071 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Gorden live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 57,968^th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 10,872 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,786 people, or 1 in 95,737. In The United States Gorden is most frequent in: California, where 12 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 63 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Gorden Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Gorden has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gorden last name fell 23 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 88 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 25 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gorden Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Gorden last name is principally Catholic (59%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gorden last name are 5.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.22% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gorden earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 47.53% less than the national average, earning R 124,680 per year; in United States they earn 4.06% less than the national average, earning $41,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.68% less than the national average, earning $45,369 CAD per year.