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There are approximately 1,939 people named Goring in the UK. That makes it the 4,604th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 31 are named Goring.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Goring surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) A battle field, a bloody place, from gore, bloody, and ing. A place in Sussex, England; an angle, a corner.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

GORING. A parish in Sussex where the ancestors of the baronet's itimily were

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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