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    The surname Goral

    A Polish place surname, carried by 913 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G640

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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). Goral is more common than 83.6% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    From Polish Goral and Góral, from góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).

    Goral is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 913 people named Goral in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 338,166 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 897.

    #26,671
    rank among US surnames
    913
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #25,775)

    Who is named Goral

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

    94% of people named Goral identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Goral

    Goral has the Soundex code G640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G640.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Goral come from?
    From Polish Goral and Góral, from góral; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).
    How common is the surname Goral?
    913 people in the United States had the surname Goral in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 338,166 Americans. It ranked 26,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Goral?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Goral identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Goral?
    Goral is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Goral getting more or less common?
    More common. 897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 913 in 2010, up 1.8%.
    What are other spellings of Goral?
    Gorall, Gorol, Goroll and Gural.