Gourvès Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Gourvès Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gourvès Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France291:2,290,439180,028
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Gourves (678) are calculated separately.

Gourvès Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gourvès Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gourvès is found most frequently in France. It may appear in the variant forms: Gourves. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gourvès? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. Gourvès is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gourvès reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most numerous in France, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 2,290,439. In France Gourvès is most frequent in: Brittany, where 69 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 17 percent reside and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 3 percent reside. Apart from France it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gourves95678/
Gourvest80282/
Gourvish806/
Gurvis77124/
Gourve7724/
Gorves775/
Gourvi774/
Gurves774/
Gorvis771/
Gourvez7176/
Ourvois7116/
Gorvais7113/
Gurvets716/
Gurvais711/
Ngourve711/
Ourviss710/
Orvis672,914/
Gurve671,590/
Gorve67248/
Gurvy67179/
Orves6742/
Gorvy6736/
Urbès6710/
Gorvi677/
Urves677/
Gurvi675/
Gurvitsj674/
Urvis671/
Gourvich671/

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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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  • 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 Gourvès
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