Görlich
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries
/ɡœʁlɪç/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Görlich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1Mas Goerlich
- SSSouth Sudan≈1 in 63K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Görlich itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 113 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Goerlich in US United States, PK Pakistan, ML Mali and Gorlich in UM U.S. Outlying Islands, SS South Sudan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Görlich counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Görlich | 93 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 221K | — | Goerlich | 1 |
| US United States | — | 317as Goerlich | 1 in 1M | 323 | Goerlich | 113 |
| ML Mali | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Goerlich | 1 |
| SS South Sudan | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Gorlich | 1 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 65K | — | Görlich | 13 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 45 | 1 in 238K | 45 | — | — |
| UM U.S. Outlying Islands | #559 | — | — | — | Gorlich | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Johann Görlichb. 1835ATarchitect from Austria
- Paul Görlichb. 1905DEGerman physicist (1905-1986)
- Günter Görlichb. 1928DEGerman politician and writer (1928-2010)
- Ernst Görlichb. 1940DEPh.D. Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen 1967
- Bernard Görlichb. 1949DEGerman social psychologist
- Ulrich Görlichb. 1952DEGerman university teacher
- Dirk Görlichb. 1966DEresearcher
- Luisa Görlichb. 1998DEGerman ski jumper
- Anton GörlichDEGerman singer and actor
- Andrzej GörlichPLPolish physicist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 45 | #31,498 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Görlich?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡœʁlɪç/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Görlich have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Görlich in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled görlich.
- How common is the name Görlich?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 45 people named Görlich, about 1 in 238 thousand residents.
- How common is Görlich compared with other names?
- In U.S. Outlying Islands, Görlich is the 559th most common surname of 1,580 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/g%C3%B6rlichThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Görlich” — the 559th most common surname in U.S. Outlying Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.