Whorriskey Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Whorriskey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Northern Ireland | 26 | 1:70,963 | 5,105 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 50 | 1:88,597 | 5,964 |
Whorriskey Demographics
Whorriskey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Whorriskey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whorriskey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whorriskey is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whorriskey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,635,433rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. Whorriskey occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Whorriskey live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England Whorriskey is mostly concentrated in: Hampshire, where 56 percent live, Berkshire, where 30 percent live and West Midlands, where 15 percent live. Beside England it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 48 percent live and Ireland, where 2 percent live.
Whorriskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Whorriskey has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people who held the Whorriskey surname fell 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Whorriskey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whoriskey | 95 | 614 | / |
| Whorrisky | 95 | 0 | / |
| Whorisky | 89 | 2 | / |
| Boriskey | 78 | 22 | / |
| Whoresky | 78 | 0 | / |
| Worike | 75 | 92 | / |
| Worricker | 74 | 52 | / |
| Borisky | 71 | 25 | / |
| Woresky | 71 | 9 | / |
| Wariske | 71 | 3 | / |
| Warrike | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wourike | 71 | 1 | / |
| Worrika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woriski | 71 | 0 | / |
| Worreschke | 70 | 5 | / |
| Warriker | 67 | 57 | / |
| Wohriska | 67 | 34 | / |
| Waritsky | 67 | 26 | / |
| Worekeye | 67 | 9 | / |
| Woricker | 67 | 7 | / |
| Warricke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Worikiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veriskey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boreskey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Whorriskey
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