Gorlee Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Gorlee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 109 | 1:154,928 | 23,054 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Gorlée (1) & Gorleé (1) are calculated separately.
Gorlee (12) may also be a first name.
Gorlee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorlee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorlee is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Gorlée or Gorleé. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorlee? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gorlee is the 1,214,709th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Gorlee are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 154,928. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 42 percent are found, North Holland, where 27 percent are found and Utrecht, where 8 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent are found and Belgium, where 5 percent are found.
Gorlee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gorlee has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gorlee surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gorlee
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