Gorkes Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gorkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Görkes (53) are calculated separately.
Gorkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorkes occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Görkes. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorkes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Gorkes occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gorkes live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Gorkes is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States Gorkes is mostly found in: Georgia, where 64 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 18 percent reside and Michigan, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 27 percent reside.
Gorkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gorkes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gorkes surname grew 275 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Görkes | 94 | 53 | / |
| Gorkies | 92 | 9 | / |
| Gorkesh | 92 | 3 | / |
| Goerkes | 92 | 2 | / |
| Orkes | 91 | 26 | / |
| Gerkes | 83 | 207 | / |
| Gorkis | 83 | 45 | / |
| Orkies | 83 | 44 | / |
| Gorces | 83 | 33 | / |
| Orkese | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gurkes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Orkeys | 83 | 0 | / |
| Garkes | 83 | 0 | / |
| Gierkes | 77 | 54 | / |
| Gorches | 77 | 19 | / |
| Gourkis | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gorkijs | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gorkish | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goerkis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gerckes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arkes | 73 | 411 | / |
| Orkis | 73 | 136 | / |
| Orces | 73 | 135 | / |
| Gorchess | 71 | 23 | / |
| Gorkisch | 71 | 22 | / |
| Gourques | 71 | 1 | / |
| Görkesch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gehrkeus | 71 | 0 | / |
| Garces | 67 | 153,122 | / |
| Orkisz | 67 | 1,540 | / |
| Harkes | 67 | 623 | / |
| Orkhis | 67 | 410 | / |
| Orkish | 67 | 105 | / |
| Gerkis | 67 | 89 | / |
| Görkeç | 67 | 39 | / |
| Orkysh | 67 | 39 | / |
| Gürkez | 67 | 33 | / |
| Arkesh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Arkies | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gerkeš | 67 | 12 | / |
| Orches | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gárces | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gurkis | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gurces | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gerkez | 67 | 6 | / |
| Orkeshova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Orkiss | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gorcez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orques | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orckez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorcés | 67 | 1 | / |
| Görkis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arkeås | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arkess | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gorkes
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