Voors Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Voors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Voors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2991:56,4799,705
United States1821:1,991,533128,023
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Voors Last Name Facts

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

Voors is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Voors? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 610,848th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Voors are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Voors is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 299 people, or 1 in 56,479. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Holland, where 35 percent are found, Drenthe, where 30 percent are found and Gelderland, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Voors Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Voors has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Voors last name grew 3,033 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Voors Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Voors last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Voors earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 46.18% more than the national average, earning R 347,376 per year and in United States they earn 29.52% more than the national average, earning $55,888 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Voorst91212/
Vors89280/
Vorst801,196/
Vorse80438/
Boors8039/
Voers8016/
Foors8011/
Vours804/
Vohrs801/
Woors801/
Vorss801/
Vorsh801/
Vorrs801/
Voirs800/
Boorse73413/
Vorsøe739/
Woorst731/
Vourrs730/
Vorsse730/
Voorce730/
Boorst730/
Bors6713,584/
Fors677,932/
Vars67666/
Wors67113/
Vorsova6753/
Boorsch6712/
Vorsová678/
Uors674/
Bhoorse671/

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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 Voors
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