Görken Surname
Approximately 1,674 people bear this surname
Görken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,629 | 1:47,773 | 4,777 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Northern Cyprus | 7 | 1:45,573 | 7,927 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Gorken (53) are calculated separately.
Görken (30) may also be a first name.
Görken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Görken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Görken occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Gorken. For other potential spellings of Görken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Görken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 239,279th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,353,373 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Görken are found; 86 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 30 people.
The surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,629 people, or 1 in 47,773. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent live, Batman Province, where 14 percent live and Izmir Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Turkey this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent live and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live.
Görken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Görken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Görken surname declined 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorken | 94 | 53 | / |
| Göhrken | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gerken | 83 | 14,473 | / |
| Garken | 83 | 65 | / |
| Görcen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gehrken | 77 | 663 | / |
| Gercken | 77 | 662 | / |
| Gährken | 77 | 57 | / |
| Garcken | 77 | 11 | / |
| Gorcken | 77 | 9 | / |
| Goerken | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gaerken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gorkn | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gehrcken | 71 | 11 | / |
| Goercken | 71 | 8 | / |
| Gerkienė | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gaehrken | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gerkin | 67 | 1,271 | / |
| Gorkin | 67 | 1,160 | / |
| Garkin | 67 | 790 | / |
| Görcin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gehrkin | 62 | 12 | / |
| Gerckin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Garckin | 62 | 0 | / |
| Gehrkinn | 57 | 0 | / |
| Garcén | 50 | 5 | / |
| Garcín | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Görken
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