Woerts Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Woerts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woerts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1301:129,90120,177
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Woerts Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woerts occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Woerts.

How Common Is The Last Name Woerts? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,551,568th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Woerts reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 129,901. In The Netherlands Woerts is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 72 percent are found, Overijssel, where 19 percent are found and South Holland, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werts913,341/
Worts91535/
Woert9138/
Weerts833,733/
Woerth83498/
Wierts83487/
Woertz83325/
Werths83128/
Waerts8387/
Woorts8345/
Weirts8316/
Woerds8313/
Wuerts836/
Worths836/
Wertzs834/
Boerts833/
Wearts832/
Wertts831/
Woerte831/
Wortts830/
Weyerts77162/
Wertsch77136/
Weerdts7712/
Weierts777/
Wierths771/
Wertz7312,663/
Verts732,413/
Wurts73551/
Woerz73438/
Wortz73401/
Words73298/
Woerd7362/
Warts7320/
Vorts7312/
Voert738/
Würts735/
Waert734/
Werds732/
Uerts731/
Woerc730/
Wiggerts7198/
Wijgerts7113/
Woertche712/
Wiertz671,532/
Wuertz671,430/
Waarts67274/
Weertz67226/
Boerth67103/
Boertz6777/
Wartts6769/
Weirtz6755/
Weartz6749/
Waerdt6738/
Voorts6716/
Boirts6715/
Huerts6712/
Hwarts6711/
Beurts6710/
Wierds677/
Werdtz675/
Voerth674/
Bohert673/
Beirts671/
Booert671/
Waerth671/
Wooerd671/
Weerds671/
Vearts671/
Bearts671/
Werhtz670/
Werrtz670/
Wairts670/

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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 Woerts
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