Woerd Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Woerd Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Woerd Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woerd Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woerd is most common in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woerd? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. Woerd occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Woerd reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 422,179. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 35 percent are found, Gelderland, where 28 percent are found and Overijssel, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Suriname, where 31 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woerds | 91 | 13 | / |
| Wooerd | 91 | 1 | / |
| Word | 89 | 10,659 | / |
| Werd | 89 | 161 | / |
| Weerd | 80 | 625 | / |
| Woord | 80 | 325 | / |
| Werdt | 80 | 62 | / |
| Woert | 80 | 38 | / |
| Wordt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Worrd | 80 | 0 | / |
| Woerth | 73 | 498 | / |
| Woertz | 73 | 325 | / |
| Woerts | 73 | 133 | / |
| Weerdt | 73 | 126 | / |
| Waerdt | 73 | 38 | / |
| Wehrdt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wordth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wordtt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woerte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ward | 67 | 567,303 | / |
| Wert | 67 | 6,960 | / |
| Wort | 67 | 1,597 | / |
| Verd | 67 | 833 | / |
| Vord | 67 | 76 | / |
| Wurd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uerd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boyjerd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wörd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waheerd | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Woerd
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