Gorsele Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Gorsele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gorsele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Gorselé (20) are calculated separately.

Gorsele Last Name Facts

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

Gorsele is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Gorselé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gorsele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Gorsele occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gorsele are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 718,540. In Belgium Gorsele is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Belgium this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Gorsele
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