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
Gourey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻱ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Gourey live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 355,408. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Dosso Region, where 87 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 7 percent live and Diffa Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Gourey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gourey has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Gourey last name rose 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gourey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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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