Gourden Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Gourden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 407 | 1:163,201 | 25,424 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Gourden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourden Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gourden is found most frequently in France. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourden? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 709,895th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. The last name Gourden is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gourden reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
It is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 163,201. In France Gourden is primarily found in: Brittany, where 59 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 18 percent live and Île-de-France, where 10 percent live. Apart from France this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Gourden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gourden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gourden last name contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Gourden Reference & Research
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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 Gourden
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