Gourey Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Gourey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 54 | 1:355,408 | 10,225 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Gourey Demographics
Gourey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Gourey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gourey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻱ) is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Gourey live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 355,408. In Niger it is most frequent in: Dosso Region, where 87 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 7 percent live and Diffa Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Niger this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Gourey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gourey has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gourey last name expanded 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gourey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gourey last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gourey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gourey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻱ | kwry | - |
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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
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- 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 Gourey
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