Gowri Surname

117,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,916 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Suriname

Gowri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gowri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3,3531:228,77013,444
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
United Arab Emirates721:127,25410,508
United States531:6,838,848318,712
Malaysia341:867,47739,690
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
San Marino11:33,214932
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

Gowri (43,037) may also be a first name.

Gowri Last Name Facts

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

Gowri (Hindi: गोवरी, Marathi: गोवरी, Tibetan: གའུ་རི་) is found most in India. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gowri? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 117,559th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 1,860,967 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Gowri reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 20,936th most frequently used first name globally, held by 43,037 people.

Gowri is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 3,353 people, or 1 in 228,770. In India Gowri is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 67 percent live, Telangana, where 10 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 7 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 7 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.

Gowri Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gowri last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Gowri earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.31% more than the national average, earning $57,521 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ghowri9118/
Gowrri911/
Gowrii911/
Kgowri911/
Ghowrui833/
Gowra801,341/
Gawri80654/
Gowry80620/
Gobri80155/
Govri8037/
Gowre8014/
Gewri801/
Goowrich770/
Ghobri73181/
Gowrea73157/
Ghawri7387/
Ghowry7355/
Gowree7323/
Gowray7319/
Gawrit7319/
Goubri7315/
Gowroj7313/
Gawrie7310/
Govrid739/
Govriy732/
Ghovri732/
Gowraj732/
Gouvri731/
Gawris731/
Gowrey731/
Gobrei731/
Gowreea67232/
Gawrieh6783/
Gawrich6770/
Gouvrit6730/
Ghoubri6713/
Gawrisz6712/
Gowreah678/
Gowhree675/
Govrich674/
Gowraaj671/
Govrish671/
N'Gawri671/
Gowrych671/

Gowri Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gowri in the Hindi language
गोवरीgovari-
Gowri in the Marathi language
गोवरीgovari83.33
गोरीgori8.33
गोवारीgovari8.33
Gowri in the Tibetan language
གའུ་རི་ga'uri66.67
གོའུ་རི་go'uri33.33

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gowri
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