Görenek Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Görenek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 193 | 1:403,220 | 24,452 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
The alternate forms: Gorenek (3) are calculated separately.
Görenek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Görenek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Görenek has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may appear in the variant forms: Gorenek. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Görenek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,148,257th most prevalent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name Görenek is mostly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Görenek live; 74 percent live in West Asia and 74 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 403,220. In Turkey Görenek is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 31 percent are found, Kastamonu Province, where 13 percent are found and Usak Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Turkey it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorenek | 95 | 3 | / |
| Garenek | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gereneck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gorenec | 71 | 67 | / |
| Gereník | 71 | 10 | / |
| Garenik | 71 | 7 | / |
| Gorenik | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gerenik | 71 | 2 | / |
| Garinek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goreniec | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gharanek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goreynik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geronik | 57 | 105 | / |
| Gorenjc | 57 | 57 | / |
| Gerinec | 57 | 15 | / |
| Goranik | 57 | 9 | / |
| Garinec | 57 | 7 | / |
| Goranec | 57 | 4 | / |
| Geranik | 57 | 1 | / |
| Garanik | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gerinik | 57 | 1 | / |
| Garanaik | 53 | 147 | / |
| Gorinayk | 53 | 131 | / |
| Gorynuik | 53 | 9 | / |
| Gorajnec | 53 | 4 | / |
| Gherinik | 53 | 4 | / |
| Gorainik | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gieroneg | 53 | 1 | / |
| Geroinik | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gieronik | 53 | 0 | / |
| Ghehranik | 50 | 12 | / |
| Garhanaik | 50 | 3 | / |
| Gharanaik | 50 | 2 | / |
| Garanaikk | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Görenek
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