The Gore surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,648 people carried this name — #1,378 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 24,449 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gore surname
From any of various places named Gore, from gore (“a triangular piece of land where roads meet”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gore» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 328 people named Gore.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 34 people named Gore live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Gore live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
35 people named Gore is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Gore in American newspapers,
1904–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 473,020 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gore,
with a public archive behind them.
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Suresh Gore d. 2020 · politician
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John Gore d. 1773 · politician
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William Gore d. 1784 · Anglican priest
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John Gore d. 1636
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Arthur Gore d. 1693
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Susan Jane Stephenson d. 1937
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gore.
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