Gourtay Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Gourtay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 229 | 1:290,056 | 44,463 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Gourtay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gourtay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gourtay is found most in France. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gourtay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,058,336th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gourtay live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Gourtay is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 290,056. In France it is mostly found in: Brittany, where 54 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 31 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 8 percent are found. Aside from France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 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 Gourtay
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