Gouriah Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Gouriah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 35 | 1:36,955 | 7,021 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Gouriah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gouriah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gouriah is found in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gouriah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Gouriah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gouriah live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
It is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 36,955. In Mauritius Gouriah is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 91 percent are found, Rivière du Rempart District, where 3 percent are found and Rivière Noire District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Mauritius it is found in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 3 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 Gouriah
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