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
Gourden is found most frequently in France. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourden? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 709,895th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gourden are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Gourden is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 163,201. In France it is mostly 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 it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Gourden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gourden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gourden last name declined 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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