Gornijs Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Gornijs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 15 | 1:136,670 | 19,278 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Gornijs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gornijs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gornijs is held by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gornijs? popularity and diffusion
Gornijs is the 4,772,636th most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Gornijs occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gornijs live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Baltic Europe.
Gornijs is most widespread in Latvia, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 136,670. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 87 percent live, Latgale, where 7 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 7 percent live. Barring Latvia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 12 percent live.
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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 Gornijs
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