The Gora surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 904 people carried this name — #25,633 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
12,754 people named Gora have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,041 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 137 people named Gora.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Gora live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gora.
- Gonthier 356 · U.S. census
- Gonzales 193,934 · U.S. census
- Gonzalez 597,718 · U.S. census
- Gonzalo 536 · U.S. census
- Gonzalves 190 · U.S. census
- Goossens 556 · U.S. census
- Goral 897 · U.S. census
- Goram 116 · U.S. census
- Gorczyca 755 · U.S. census
- Gord 332 · U.S. census
- Gorde 123 · U.S. census
- Gordo 407 · U.S. census
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