Walkor Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Walkor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walkor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1071:41,2013,786
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Walkor Last Name Facts

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

Walkor is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walkor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,736,881st most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Walkor occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Walkor reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 41,201. In Liberia Walkor is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 72 percent live, Montserrado County, where 12 percent live and Bong County, where 6 percent live. Barring Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Walkor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Walkor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Walkor surname contracted 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walkord9217/
Walkore928/
Walkar83362/
Walcor839/
Walkur836/
Walkarz77137/
Wailkar7733/
Walkare774/
Whalkar774/
Walcour773/
Walkart773/
Walcoir771/
Walkarr771/
Walcord771/
Waulkar771/
Watlkar771/
Wolkord771/
Vwalkar771/
Walhkar771/
Walkkar771/
Waalkar771/
Walcort771/
Balkhour7135/
Wahalkar714/
Walkhart711/
Woolkord711/
Valkourt711/
Whaalkar711/
Wailekar711/
Valkar671,243/
Balcor67163/
Valkár6755/
Balkür6712/
Valcor676/
Valkur675/
Wolkar674/
Walehekar671/
Volkor671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Walkor
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