Görcz Surname

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

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Görcz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Görcz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary221:446,19429,593
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Austria21:4,257,71899,224

The alternate forms: Gorcz (25) are calculated separately.

Görcz Last Name Facts

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

Görcz is held by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Gorcz. For other potential spellings of Görcz click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Görcz? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Görcz live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 446,194. In Hungary Görcz is most frequent in: Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 59 percent live, Zala County, where 32 percent live and Pest County, where 5 percent live. Barring Hungary Görcz is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 11 percent live and Austria, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gorcz9325/
Görz89559/
Görtz807,228/
Görcs80260/
Garcz8039/
Görző8026/
Gercz809/
Görőcs7312/
Gerőcz739/
Görtrz737/
Giercz735/
Görthz732/
Gertcz730/
Gerz671,879/
Garz671,713/
Gorz67406/
Gört6713/
Görç6711/
Görč672/
Görtsch671/
Görcová671/

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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 Görcz
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