The Gorny surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 772 people carried this name — #30,303 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 7% from 826 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gorny surname
From Polish Górny, from górny.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gorny» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,762 people named Gorny have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,667 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 Silesian.
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 143 people named Gorny.
50 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Nord.
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
21 people named Gorny live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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.
Who carried it
People named Gorny,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josef Gorny d. 1944
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Léon Gorny 1902– · board member
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Hein Gorny 1904–1967 · photographer
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Artyom Gorny 1912–1986 · jurist
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Ernst Gorny 1922– · pedagogue
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Yury Gorny 1941– · hypnotist
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gorny.
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