Last Name GORING

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Meaning Local: Of Goring, parishes in dioces of Chichester and Oxford. Gorringe and Gorring, both Susses surnames, are modifications of the ancient local name Goring in that county. As in the case of Hardinge, the 'g' in the latter of these two forms has been improperly softened, and the pronounciation is Gorrinje.
Local: A battle field, a bloody place, from 'gore,' bloody, and 'ing.' A place in Sussex, England; an angle, a corner.
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Austrian, Namibian, Hungarian

Rank 33,782 (2000 US census) 35,708 (1990 US census)
Count 636 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 57.7%, or 367 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 34.75%, or 221 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 4.09%, or 26 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.36%, or 15 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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