Gorssen Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Gorssen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gorssen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorssen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gorssen is most common in Belgium. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorssen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Gorssen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 280,406. In Belgium Gorssen is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Belgium this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Gorssen
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