Gorás Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gorás Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Verde | 9 | 1:58,849 | 2,149 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Goras (1,485), Goráš (6), Göras (190), Goraś (50), Goraș (44), Góras (16), Goraş (11) & Göraş (1) are calculated separately.
Gorás Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gorás Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gorás is carried by more people in Cape Verde than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Goras, Goráš, Göras, Goraś, Goraș, Góras, Goraş or Göraş. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorás? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Gorás reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Luso-West Africa.
Gorás is most commonly used in Cape Verde, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 58,849. In Cape Verde Gorás is mostly found in: Santo Antão, where 56 percent live and São Vicente, where 44 percent live. Barring Cape Verde this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 44 percent live and Argentina, where 6 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 Gorás
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