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    The surname Gora

    A surname, carried by 953 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gora is more common than 84.1% of them.

    Origin

    * From Polish Góra, from góra (“hill, mountain”). * From descendants of Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 953 people named Gora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 323,972 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 904.

    #25,833
    rank among US surnames
    953
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #25,633)

    Who is named Gora

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    84% of people named Gora identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gora

    Gora has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gora come from?
    * From Polish Góra, from góra (“hill, mountain”). * From descendants of Sanskrit गौर (gaura).
    How common is the surname Gora?
    953 people in the United States had the surname Gora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 323,972 Americans. It ranked 25,833rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gora?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Gora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Gora getting more or less common?
    More common. 904 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 953 in 2010, up 5.4%.