Gorung Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Gorung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 164 | 1:806,398 | 61,285 |
| India | 90 | 1:8,522,949 | 175,347 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Gorung (14) may also be a first name.
Gorung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gorung (Marathi: गोरुंग) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorung? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 864,701st most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. Gorung occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Gorung live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gorung is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name internationally, held by 14 people.
The surname Gorung is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 806,398. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: North Sulawesi, where 93 percent are found, Central Sulawesi, where 3 percent are found and Papua, where 2 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent are found and Qatar, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gorung Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gorung in the Marathi language | ||
| गोरुंग | gorunga | - |
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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 Gorung
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