Gourdan Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Gourdan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 146 | 1:454,950 | 65,144 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Gourdan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourdan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gourdan is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourdan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gourdan is the 1,434,893rd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Gourdan live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Gourdan is most widely held in France, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 454,950. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Normandy, where 47 percent live, Île-de-France, where 18 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent live. Besides France Gourdan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Gourdan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gourdan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gourdan surname decreased 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gourdan
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