The Gordon surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 154,934 people carried this name — #151 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,740 people counted.
Free to read. No account, no sign-up.
In Poland’s population register
637 people named Gordon have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 872 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 Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 226 people named Gordon.
89 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Paris.
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
169 people named Gordon live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In print
Gordon in American newspapers,
1866–1933.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,786,814 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gordon,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell 1546–1629 -
Thomas Gordon 1658–1741 · military personnel -
Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon 1720–1752 -
Robert Jacob Gordon 1743–1795 · naturalist -
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon 1743–1827 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 169 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gordon.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gordon is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.