Gorrety Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Gorrety Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gorrety (1,994) may also be a first name.
Gorrety Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorrety Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorrety occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorrety? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,061,309th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Gorrety occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Gorrety live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Gorrety is also the 169,327th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 1,994 people.
Gorrety is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 710,460. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Siaya County, where 98 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gorrety
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