Goughs Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Goughs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goughs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Goughs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Goughs Come From? nationality or country of origin

Goughs occurs more in Ireland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Goughs.

How Common Is The Last Name Goughs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Goughs occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Goughs reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most widespread in Ireland, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 4,708,939. In Ireland it is most frequent in: Leinster, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Ireland Goughs is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 25 percent reside and England, where 25 percent reside.

Goughs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goughs has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Goughs surname contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Houghs8314/
Goughe832/
Gought830/
Oghs8089/
Ughs800/
Ghoughe772/
Hughs732,024/
Goghc731/
Gugch730/
Hoghs730/
Gaught67246/
Haughs6771/
Gaughe674/
Hueghs672/
Hunghs671/
Guughe671/
Hughse671/
Heughs671/
Huyghs670/
Hughhs670/
Hughss670/

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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 Goughs
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