Gowree Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Guyana

Gowree Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowree Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Guyana31:254,07411,262
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gowree (163) may also be a first name.

Gowree Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gowree is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowree? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Gowree occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Gowree live; 65 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 163 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa Gowree is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Excluding South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Guyana, where 13 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

Gowree Last Name Statistics demography

Gowree earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.92% less than the national average, earning R 64,344 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gowreea92232/
Gowhree925/
Gowre9114/
Gowrie83817/
Gowrea83157/
Gawree834/
Gowrey831/
Gowreah778/
Gowri733,916/
Gobre731,781/
Gowra731,341/
Gowry73620/
Gawre7334/
Govre7316/
Gabree67222/
Ghowry6755/
Gowray6719/
Ghowri6718/
Ghawre6713/
Gowroj6713/
Gawrie6710/
Goubre673/
Gobrey672/
Gowraj672/
Gouvre671/
Ghobre671/
Gobrei671/
Gawrey671/
Gowrri671/
Gowrii671/
Gaawre671/
Kgowri671/

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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 Gowree
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