Gorke Surname
Approximately 1,237 people bear this surname
Gorke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 657 | 1:122,535 | 14,983 |
| United States | 159 | 1:2,279,616 | 142,122 |
| India | 140 | 1:5,479,038 | 132,955 |
| Cameroon | 100 | 1:207,691 | 21,269 |
| Austria | 86 | 1:99,017 | 14,343 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Uruguay | 12 | 1:285,980 | 20,148 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Görke (3,144) are calculated separately.
Gorke (45) may also be a first name.
Gorke Demographics
Average Gorke Salary in
United States
$54,547 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gorke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gorke is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered as: Görke. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gorke is the 305,837th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,891,306 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Gorke reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Gorke is also the 1,504,468th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 45 people.
The last name Gorke is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 657 people, or 1 in 122,535. In Germany Gorke is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 10 percent live. Besides Germany Gorke exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Gorke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gorke surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the party.
Gorke earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.42% more than the national average, earning $54,547 USD per year.
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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 Gorke
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