Göhr Surname

752,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Göhr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Göhr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3451:233,34925,831
Austria181:473,08046,251
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

Göhr Last Name Facts

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

Göhr is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Göhr? popularity and diffusion

The last name Göhr is the 752,779th most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Göhr live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Göhr is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 345 people, or 1 in 233,349. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 23 percent live and Bavaria, where 17 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 5 percent live and Belgium, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Göhrt8931/
Gör865,402/
Göre75888/
Görz75559/
Gähr7570/
Görë751/
Ngör751/
Goehr6788/
Görth6774/
Görző6726/
Ghoer679/
Gördt678/
Gaehr678/
Ghuir671/
Ghaer671/
Gögeer601/
Gährová553/
Gaer501,196/
Goer50377/
Gäre507/

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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 Göhr
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