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 has its highest incidence in Cape Verde. It can also occur in the variant forms: Goras, Goráš, Göras, Goraś, Goraș, Góras, Goraş or Göraş. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gorás? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Gorás reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Luso-West Africa.
The last name Gorás is most frequent in Cape Verde, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 58,849. In Cape Verde Gorás is mostly concentrated in: Santo Antão, where 56 percent reside and São Vicente, where 44 percent reside. Without taking into account Cape Verde it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 44 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.
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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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