Gornykh Surname

555,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Gornykh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gornykh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5501:262,04227,511
Kazakhstan161:1,105,15663,055
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Gornykh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gornykh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gornykh (Russian: Горных) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gornykh? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gornykh is the 555,669th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. The surname Gornykh occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Gornykh live; 76 percent live in North Asia and 76 percent live in Slavic North Asia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 550 people, or 1 in 262,042. In Russia Gornykh is most prevalent in: Kurgan Oblast, where 28 percent live, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 21 percent live and Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 8 percent live. Barring Russia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Gornykh Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Gornykh last name is principally Orthodox (95%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Gornykh surname are 20.58% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 67.35% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gornyk923/
Gornikh86198/
Hornykh8633/
Gernykh863/
Gornych863/
Garnykh861/
Gornik772,945/
Hornyk77317/
Gornek7739/
Garnyk7736/
Gornyj775/
Ornyok771/
Ornych771/
Ghornik713,940/
Gornick71890/
Hornych71505/
Gornich71151/
Gorniok7175/
Orynnyk7139/
Harnykh7117/
Gorniks7114/
Gorneck713/
Hornyok713/
Gournik712/
Gornigk711/
Gorznik711/
Gorniek711/
Gornizk711/
Garnayk711/
Ornik671,193/
Ornek67174/
Gornicke678/
Arnyk673/
Gorennik672/
Gornkova671/

Gornykh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gornykh in the Russian language
Горныхgornyh-

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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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  • 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 Gornykh
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