Görgün Surname

56,179th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,031 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Görgün Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Görgün Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey8,9181:8,7261,160
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Northern Cyprus301:10,6342,776
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Görgün (290) may also be a first name.

Görgün Last Name Facts

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

Görgün occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Görgün? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 56,179th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 806,948 people. The last name Görgün occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Görgün reside; 82 percent reside in West Asia and 82 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 518,802nd most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 290 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 8,918 people, or 1 in 8,726. In Turkey Görgün is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent reside, Sanliurfa Province, where 8 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Turkey Görgün exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Görgen835,975/
Görgin83337/
Gergün8391/
Görzgen772/
Görüngen711/
Gergin675,531/
Gergen672,939/
Gorgen671,071/
Gargin67588/
Gorgin67258/
Gargen6718/
Gargyn679/
Gorgén676/
Görgenová671/
Goergen624,263/
Gorgien6217/
Giergen6212/
Gorgeen623/
Goergin623/
Garrgen620/
Gorggin620/
Gargien620/
Gerggen620/
Goehrgin574/

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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 Görgün
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