Gorgor Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Gorgor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 120 | 1:36,738 | 3,403 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Turkey | 42 | 1:1,852,891 | 66,380 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gorgor (173) may also be a first name.
Gorgor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorgor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gorgor (Russian: Горгор) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorgor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 983,245th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Gorgor live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 694,534th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 173 people.
It is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 36,738. In Liberia Gorgor is most prevalent in: Bong County, where 57 percent live, Montserrado County, where 22 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 6 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Turkey, where 16 percent live.
Gorgor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gorgor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gorgor surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorgor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorgor in the Russian language | ||
| Горгор | gorgor | - |
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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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- 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 Gorgor
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