Gowraiah Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Gowraiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowraiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India261:29,502,515369,827
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gowraiah (148) may also be a first name.

Gowraiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gowraiah is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowraiah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Gowraiah live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 757,758th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 148 people.

The surname Gowraiah is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 29,502,515. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 54 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 31 percent live and Karnataka, where 12 percent live. Aside from India this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowraji8014/
Gowrayi809/
Gowreah808/
Gowraaj801/
Gowrraja751/
Gowrea71157/
Gowray7119/
Gowraj712/
Gowreea67232/
Gowraju6765/
Gowroji6715/
Gowriya678/
Ghowrui673/
Gobraya673/
Gawraha671/
Gowroja671/
Gowriji671/
Gowrija671/

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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 Gowraiah
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