Gorvey Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Gorvey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Gorvey Demographics
Gorvey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gorvey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorvey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gorvey occurs most in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorvey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gorvey are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name Gorvey is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Gorvey is most prevalent in: Rhode Island, where 50 percent live and West Virginia, where 50 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 33 percent live.
Gorvey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gorvey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gorvey surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gorvey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Gorvey
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