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Where Does The Last Name Gorkh Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Gorkh (Hindi: गोरख, Marathi: गोरख, Russian: Горх) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorkh? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Gorkh is the 709,895^th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Gorkh are found; 42 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 42 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Gorkh is also the 97,187^th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 4,919 people.

The surname Gorkh is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 533,789. In Russia it is primarily concentrated in: Krasnodar Krai, where 22 percent live, Stavropol Krai, where 10 percent live and Novosibirsk Oblast, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Russia Gorkh exists in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 6 percent live.

Gorkh Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Gorkh surname are 0.29% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 47.06% being registered to vote for the political party.