Gorden is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gorden
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gorden

How popular is Gorden?

Gorden is common in United States.

Gorden is ranked 77667 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gorden bearers increased by 1.377764 per cent in 2010 US census to 3164 since 2000, the surname slipped by 629 spots and ranked at 10186. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.16 72.86
Black 21.52 21.95
Hispanic or Latino 2.88 2.34
Others 2.09 1.95
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.66 0.29
Gorden is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ghana is ahead in terms of density. Around 5689 people have been found who wears Gorden as their family name. Gorden is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
440,449 Indonesia10
98,953 Belarus7
20,790 Nigeria6
46,707 New Zealand5
10,686 Costa Rica3
19,452 Malaysia3
11,224 Cameroon2
91,784 Netherlands2
12,161 Wales2
54,135 Philippines2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
7,895 South Korea1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
47,891 Norway1
17,768 Pakistan1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
91,024 Belgium1
28,746 Algeria1
30,360 Thailand1
7,191 Afghanistan1
11,510 Oman1
2,057 Myanmar1
9,116 Nicaragua1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,046 Japan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
573 Vanuatu1
7,292 Vietnam1
38,841 Scotland1
2,232 French Polynesia1
11,486 Estonia1
6,212 Jamaica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
4,813 Hong Kong47
124,645 Ukraine30
32,811 Sweden29
55,829 Zimbabwe16
3,114 China14
587,188 India11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,643 England91
27,414 Australia85
41,664 Canada76
Countries with hundreds of Gorden:
5,019 Ghana559
972 Taiwan348
38,477 Germany269
24,304 South Africa237
97,847 Russia120
33,673 Tanzania109
10,102 Israel106
Countries with thousands of Gorden:
10,593 United States3,428
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bridget Gorden was 16 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 21, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Charlotte from Dublin. Pat Gorden (Of unknown age), 55 years old Thomas Gorden, Mary Gorden, aged 55, John Gorden, aged 17, 12 years old James Gorden, Samuel Gorden, aged 35, 34 years old Margaret Gorden, Immigrant Mary Gorden, and 18 other Gorden around 54.55% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Gorden Namesakes

  • Peter Gordeno, Singer
  • Syndal Gorden, Chad Gaudin's wife
  • Greg Gorden, Game designer
  • Thomas Görden, Writer
  • W. C. Gorden, Football player
  • Scott Gorden, Film writer
  • Gregory Guy Gorden, Film actor
  • Raymond Gorden, Author
  • S. Gorden, Author
  • Greg Gorden, Television producer

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