Görg Surname

143,690th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,095 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Görg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Görg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,9881:26,9433,555
Austria721:118,27016,587
Czechia181:590,74858,011
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Gorg (1,666) are calculated separately.

Görg (20) may also be a first name.

Görg Last Name Facts

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

Görg occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Gorg. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Görg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 143,690th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,354,619 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Görg reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Görg is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 20 people.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 2,988 people, or 1 in 26,943. In Germany it is primarily found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 35 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 2 percent live and Czechia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gorg921,666/
Görgs898/
Garg75225,266/
Gerg751,496/
Görk75473/
Görgová7318/
Goerg67580/
Gergő67319/
Görcs67260/
Gargh6787/
Gierg6759/
Garrg6734/
Görks6710/
Gharg679/
Gergg675/
Gaarg673/
Görck672/
Gorgh672/
Görkx671/
Ghorg671/
Gergh671/
Gargq671/
Gargg671/
Kgarg671/
Gorgg670/

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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 Görg
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