Jorkor Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Jorkor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jorkor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia841:52,4834,660
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Jorkor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jorkor Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jorkor is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jorkor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jorkor are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

Jorkor is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 52,483. In Liberia Jorkor is most frequent in: Bong County, where 63 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 21 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Liberia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ojorkor921/
Jorkar831,113/
Yorkor83199/
Iorkor8380/
Zorkor8333/
Sorkor835/
Corkor831/
Yorkour778/
Jorkhar773/
Zorkour772/
Yourkor772/
Ayorkor771/
Ajorkar771/
Jorkare771/
Sorkar6711,883/
Sarkor67526/
Corcor67165/
Jarkar6779/
Yarkor6744/
Iorkur6735/
Iorkar6725/
Zorkar673/
Zarkor672/
Yorkar672/
Corkar672/
Iorcor671/
Yorkur671/
Sorcor671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jorkor
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