Woking Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Belarus

Woking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:4,286,005132,302
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Woking Last Name Facts

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

Woking is found most in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woking? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,957,383rd most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Woking live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,286,005. In England it is mostly found in: Surrey, where 62 percent are found, Greater London, where 15 percent are found and Buckinghamshire, where 8 percent are found. Excluding England this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 24 percent are found and Belarus, where 12 percent are found.

Woking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Woking has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Woking last name rose 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wouking9244/
Wocking928/
Weking831,080/
Waking83274/
Wokeng832/
Voking831/
Wehking771,311/
Wekking77459/
Woukeng77248/
Vocking77169/
Bokking7790/
Wecking7772/
Bouking7727/
Wahking7726/
Bogking7716/
Whuking7710/
Vouking777/
Buoking775/
Wadking774/
Wakuing772/
Weeking772/
Wacking771/
Woching771/
Wokeung771/
Wauking770/
Whaking770/
Bokng731/
Vockings7172/
Wooching718/
Voecking713/
Wouching712/
Wattking711/
Waddking711/
Vokeng67338/
Böking6737/
Vaking6726/
Wuqing6718/
Wakäng677/
Veking676/
Boqing672/
Vöking671/
Büking671/
Wakeng671/
Woceng671/
Whatkings670/
Ueking670/

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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 Woking
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