Gorry Surname
Approximately 2,976 people bear this surname
Gorry Surname Definition:
Irish aspirated forms of Godfrey, q.v.
Gorry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 605 | 1:109,790 | 16,381 |
| England | 433 | 1:128,679 | 12,798 |
| United States | 354 | 1:1,023,895 | 75,330 |
| Australia | 349 | 1:77,352 | 9,038 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Ireland | 302 | 1:15,593 | 1,748 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Canada | 104 | 1:354,285 | 32,012 |
| Scotland | 95 | 1:56,356 | 4,696 |
| Isle of Man | 58 | 1:1,480 | 257 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 141 | 1:31,417 | 3,116 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man | 131 | 1:414 | 83 |
| England | 31 | 1:786,302 | 35,304 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:249,548 | 8,553 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 79 | 1:635,680 | 42,122 |
Gorry (175) may also be a first name.
Gorry Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Irish aspirated forms of Godfrey, q.v.
Ó Guaire This is fairly numerous in north Leinster. It has no relation to the town of Gorey. SIF 81
The above and also Gurry are anglicized forms of Ó Guaire. Gorry is the most usual form and this is mainly found in Co. Offaly. Tadhg O'Guaire who was slain in 1032 is described by the Four Masters as Lord of Uí Cuilinn: O'Donovan in his notes to that work says that Uí Cuilinn was in Leinster, which I suggest was probably on the border of Offaly and Meath. Apart from a reference by the Four Masters to an anchorite at Devenish, Co. Fermanagh (1058) and another to a householder in Armagh in 1659 all I have met are to Leinster. I give some of these. In 1406 Richard Gowery acquired English liberty at Maynooth; in 1618 “white lights” were specially provided at the wake in Dublin of‘Walter Gorry of the Merchant Tailors Guild; four of the name appear in the Co. Meath Inquisitions between 1619 and 1638; Henry Gory of Trim, Co. Meath, was among the first Jacobites outlawed in 1669; Seaghan (3 Guaire was the author of the Jacobite song “Ar maidin inde”. There are remarkably few to be found in the eighteenth century but in the nineteenth we meet them again, mainly in Co. Offaly e.g. in Griffith's Valuation, In the 1865 birth registrations there are ten Gorrys, all in the Tullamore area-the two Goreys in the same year were born respectively in Waterford and Dublin.
The surname Gorey is never a toponymic derived from the town in Co. Wexford.
Corrupted from Go∂frey∂r, Bugge and others connect frey∂r with frid, ‘peace, ' but this is very uncertain. Go∂frey∂r would naturally pass through the various stages of Godfraith, Godred, and Gored to GorË in Scandinavian lips. In Ireland it became Goth- fraith, Goffry, and finally Gorry.
Gothfraith is found in the Four Masters, and the most curtailed form is exhibited in Derry Gorry, 'Godfrey's wood', in Monaghan.
'Er-derry haink er huc Ree Gorre'.
'Until there came to them King Gorree.' It is not a common name.
Gorry Demographics
Gorry Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gorry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorry Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorry is found most in France. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gorry.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorry? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 148,551st most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,448,772 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Gorry live; 31 percent live in Northern Europe and 31 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 690,096th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 175 people.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 605 people, or 1 in 109,790. In France it is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 46 percent live, Île-de-France, where 13 percent live and Occitanie, where 12 percent live. Besides France it occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Gorry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gorry has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Gorry last name grew 1,397 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 448 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 214 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gorry Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States Gorry are 4.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.58% being registered with the party.
The amount Gorry earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 15.17% more than the national average, earning R 273,684 per year; in United States they earn 18.29% more than the national average, earning $51,039 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.44% less than the national average, earning $48,969 CAD per year.
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