Gorby is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gorby
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gorby

How popular is Gorby?

Gorby is common in United States.

Gorby is ranked 172840 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gorby bearers increased by 4.457898 per cent in 2010 US census to 1898 since 2000, the surname slipped by 499 spots and ranked at 15434. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.1 97.3
Others 1.11 0.5
Hispanic or Latino 1.05 1.05
Black 0.42 0.72
Gorby is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 2089 people have been found who wears Gorby as their family name. Gorby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,014,159 India4
214,847 Australia4
32,086 Mexico3
219,873 France2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
289,511 England1
62,864 New Zealand1
36,814 Romania1
2,578 Guam1
7,292 Vietnam1
153,416 Italy1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
72,994 Canada39
119,358 Ukraine32
313,372 Russia23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
136,601 Indonesia54
Countries with hundreds of Gorby:
3,646 Ireland104
Countries with thousands of Gorby:
18,001 United States1,815

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Gorby was 18 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 9, 1851. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Queen Of The West from Liverpool.

Gorby Namesakes

  • Howard Gorby Danford, Author
  • Maebh Gorby, Actress
  • Nelli Gorbyatkova, Olympic athlete

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