Gohar
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Alexandria
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɡoʊhɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gohar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 6K(inferred from the name graph)
- DJDjibouti≈1 in 13K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 16K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 86 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈39,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alexandria
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gohar 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #630 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 6K | listed | Gohar | 86 |
| US United States | — | 1,095 | 1 in 304K | 976 | Gohar | 65 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Gohar | 3 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Gohar | 1 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 670K | — | Gohar | 24 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 97K | 11 | — | 6 |
| SE Sweden | — | 85 | 1 in 120K | 85 | — | 2 |
| DJ Djibouti | — | ≈69 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Journal Officiel — Decret 2023-028, listes des candidats (legislatives 2023). 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)
- Gohar Fermanyanb. 1899AMArmenian painter (1899–1958)
- Gohar Galachyanb. 1923AMArmenian singer
- Gohar Gasparyanb. 1924AMArmenian opera singer (1924-2007)
- Gohar Ghukasyanb. 1925AMArmenian epidemiologist
- Gohar Vartanianb. 1926RUSoviet intelligence officer
- Gohar Eshghib. 1946IRActivist & Iranian mother of a victim
- Gohar Markosjan-Käsperb. 1949EEArmenian writer lived in Estonia (1949-2015)
- Gohar Kheirandishb. 1954IRIranian actress
- Gohar Muradyanb. 1957AMArmenian philologist, translator
- Gohar Gasparyanb. 1985AMArmenian television announcer and journalist
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 319 | #66,829 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 202 | #91,221 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 119 | #131,366 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 37 | #16,117 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 11 | #66,821 |
| DJ Djibouti | Journal Officiel — Decret 2023-028, listes des candidats (legislatives 2023) | 2023 | 1 | #10 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- What does the name Gohar mean, and where does it come from?
- Alexandria Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- How do you pronounce Gohar?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡoʊhɑɹ/ (IPA) for Urdu.
- Is Gohar a male or female name?
- Gohar is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Gohar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 39 thousand people named Gohar in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gohar.
- How common is the name Gohar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,095 people named Gohar in 2020, about 1 in 304 thousand residents.
- How common is Gohar compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Gohar is the 630th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.
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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, “Gohar” — the 630th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.