Gorriaran Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Gorriaran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gorriaran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay1471:23,3452,721
Argentina471:909,43458,335
Spain401:1,168,80140,601
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768

The alternate forms: Gorriarán (7) are calculated separately.

Gorriaran Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gorriaran is found most frequently in Uruguay. It may occur as a variant: Gorriarán. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorriaran? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,003,904th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Gorriaran live; 77 percent live in South America and 76 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name Gorriaran is most commonly held in Uruguay, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 23,345. In Uruguay Gorriaran is most frequent in: Lavalleja Department, where 48 percent are found, Montevideo Department, where 46 percent are found and Salto Department, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Uruguay it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 19 percent are found and Spain, where 16 percent are found.

Gorriaran Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gorriaran surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Gorriaran earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9% less than the national average, earning $39,264 USD per year.

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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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  • 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 Gorriaran
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