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 last name Gorke is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Görke. For other potential spellings of Gorke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 305,837th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,891,306 people. Gorke is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Gorke are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 45 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 657 people, or 1 in 122,535. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 32 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 10 percent are found. Barring Germany Gorke occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Gorke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gorke are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with 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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