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

The surname Gorden (Marathi: गॉडर्न, Russian: Горден, Tibetan: སྒོར་ལྡན།) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Görden, Gordën or Gördén. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 78,925^th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,178,071 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Gorden are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 57,968^th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 10,872 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 3,786 people, or 1 in 95,737. In The United States Gorden is primarily concentrated in: California, where 12 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States it exists in 63 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Gorden Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gorden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gorden last name contracted 23 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 88 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 25 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gorden Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (59%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Gorden surname are 5.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.22% registered to vote for the 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.