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The GOREE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,811 10478 0.001 10
United States (1880 census) 235 17114 0 5
Change since 1880 +2576 +6636 +N/A +5
Other Countries
Australia 3 186937 0 0
United Kingdom 58 25719 0 1
Top States for GOREE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 524 4554 0.003 25
Alabama 280 2570 0.006 63
California 263 10989 0.001 8
Michigan 221 6201 0.002 22
Louisiana 178 3532 0.004 40
Top States for GOREE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 280 2570 0.006 63
Mississippi 121 3088 0.004 43
Louisiana 178 3532 0.004 40
Oklahoma 128 3968 0.004 37
Arkansas 72 4674 0.003 27

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GOREE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GOREE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GOREE in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GOREE by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GOREE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GOREE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GOREE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GOREE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 61 2.17
White (Hispanic) 61 2.17
Asian/Pacific 20 0.71
Native American/Alaskan 5 0.18
Black/African American 1,537 54.68
White (Caucasian) 1,127 40.09

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GOREE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GOREE in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GOREE.

Similar names to GOREE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GOREE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GOREE

The following words are slight variants of GOREE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.