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The surname Gorney

A surname, carried by 1,766 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G650

Gorney: #16,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gorney #16,315, 1,766 people Gorney: #16,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gorney #16,315, 1,766 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gorney is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,766 people named Gorney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,828 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,720.

#16,315
rank among US surnames
1,766
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+2.7%
change since 2000 (was #15,598)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,313Pauling1,767174,729
#16,315Dolph1,766174,828

Who is named Gorney

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

95% of people named Gorney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gorney

Gorney has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Questions

How common is the surname Gorney?
1,766 people in the United States had the surname Gorney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,828 Americans. It ranked 16,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gorney?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gorney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gorney getting more or less common?
More common. 1,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,766 in 2010, up 2.7%.