Gorten Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Gorten Surname Definition:
Local. (Gaelic.) From Gairtean, a garden, a small piece of arable land enclosed Gortan, signifies a hungry, stingy, penurious fellow.
Gorten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 111 | 1:452,421 | 32,615 |
The alternate forms: Görten (15) & Gortén (1) are calculated separately.
Gorten Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Local. (Gaelic.) From Gairtean, a garden, a small piece of arable land enclosed Gortan, signifies a hungry, stingy, penurious fellow.
Gorten Demographics
Average Gorten Salary in
United States
$34,860 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gorten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gorten (Tibetan: སྒོར་ལྡན།) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Görten or Gortén. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Gorten live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.
Gorten is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 12,498,584. In The United States it is primarily found in: Maine, where 31 percent are found, Texas, where 24 percent are found and Florida, where 14 percent are found. Beside The United States it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 8 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Gorten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gorten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 74 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gorten Last Name Statistics demography
Gorten earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.21% less than the national average, earning $34,860 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorten Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorten in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒོར་ལྡན། | gorden | - |
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Footnotes
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