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 may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowrah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Gowrah reside; 88 percent reside in South America and 88 percent reside in Gallo-Germanic South America. Gowrah is also the 3,024,661st most widespread forename internationally, held by 14 people.

The surname is most numerous in Guyana, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 108,889. In Guyana it is mostly found in: Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, where 86 percent are found and Pomeroon-Supenaam, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Guyana Gowrah occurs in one country. It also occurs in Djibouti, where 13 percent are found.

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
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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 Gowrah
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