Gourgan Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Gourgan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Gourgan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourgan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gourgan is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourgan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gourgan is the 4,427,875th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Gourgan is primarily found in Africa, where 45 percent of Gourgan reside; 45 percent reside in North Africa and 45 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 7,380,302. In France Gourgan is mostly concentrated in: Brittany, where 89 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 11 percent are found. Barring France it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 45 percent are found and Malaysia, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Gourgan
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