Gorka Surname
Approximately 3,590 people bear this surname
Gorka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,558 | 1:232,644 | 22,383 |
| Germany | 546 | 1:147,446 | 17,738 |
| India | 389 | 1:1,971,890 | 67,959 |
| France | 265 | 1:250,652 | 38,735 |
| Poland | 194 | 1:195,921 | 26,318 |
| Russia | 94 | 1:1,533,224 | 104,207 |
| England | 92 | 1:605,631 | 36,119 |
| Canada | 86 | 1:428,437 | 37,472 |
| Netherlands | 47 | 1:359,302 | 39,900 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Hungary | 28 | 1:350,581 | 25,143 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Israel | 22 | 1:388,983 | 31,283 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Albania | 15 | 1:194,270 | 13,224 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Górka (115) are calculated separately.
Gorka (14,676) may also be a first name.
Gorka Demographics
Average Male Gorka Height
179.45 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gorka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorka (Russian: Горка) is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms: Górka. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 126,554th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,029,957 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 47 percent of Gorka live; 46 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 47,107th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 14,676 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,558 people, or 1 in 232,644. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Nevada, where 10 percent reside, Illinois, where 9 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States Gorka is found in 49 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 15 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Gorka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Gorka last name are 1.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.69% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gorka earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 25.74% less than the national average, earning 256,992 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 13.86% more than the national average, earning R 270,564 per year; in United States they earn 0.98% more than the national average, earning $43,572 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.9% more than the national average, earning $55,100 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorka in the Russian language | ||
| Горка | gorka | - |
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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 Gorka
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