Gowrah Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

Gowrah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowrah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana71:108,8897,175
Djibouti11:914,9321,612

Gowrah (14) may also be a first name.

Gowrah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gowrah occurs more in Guyana more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gowrah.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowrah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Gowrah is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Gowrah live; 88 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 14 people.

It is most widely held in Guyana, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 108,889. In Guyana it is most numerous in: Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 86 percent live and Pomeroon-Supenaam, where 14 percent live. Outside of Guyana this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Djibouti, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowreah928/
Gowrath921/
Gowra911,341/
Gowrea83157/
Gowray8319/
Gowraj832/
Gowreea77232/
Gowraaj771/
Gawraha771/
Gawra73491/
Gobra73114/
Gowro7311/
Govra731/
Gouvra6765/
Govras6742/
Ghobra6729/
Gowroo6729/
Gowroj6713/
Gobray679/
Goubra676/
Govrat672/
Gawraś671/
Gowrey671/
Gawraj671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gowrah
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