Górka: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Sharing the Górka name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

In the records

Here is what public records tell us about the Górka last name. The 2010 US Census counted 951 people named Górka, ranking it number 25,865 among American surnames. INSEE counts 253 people born in France with the Górka surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1961–1970.

Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Górka, so we research it family by family rather than guess. Wikidata records Górka as a Polish family name. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Górecka.

Get the complete Górka report, with a museum-style coat of arms.