Görgens Surname
Approximately 1,402 people bear this surname
Görgens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,364 | 1:59,022 | 7,625 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Gorgens (116) are calculated separately.
Görgens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Görgens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Görgens is most common in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Gorgens. Click here for other potential spellings of Görgens.
How Common Is The Last Name Görgens? popularity and diffusion
It is the 276,555th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,197,964 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Görgens live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 1,364 people, or 1 in 59,022. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 76 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 4 percent live and Brandenburg, where 3 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.
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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 Görgens
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