Woldegiorgis Surname

39,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Woldegiorgis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woldegiorgis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia13,0391:7,4811,169
United States2241:1,618,120108,461
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Sweden251:393,87027,867
England71:7,959,723202,100
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Woldegiorgis (17,696) may also be a first name.

Woldegiorgis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woldegiorgis is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woldegiorgis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 39,295th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 545,557 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Woldegiorgis are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Woldegiorgis is also the 41,335th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 17,696 people.

Woldegiorgis is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 13,039 people, or 1 in 7,481. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Woldegiorgis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Woldegiorgis surname are 43.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.97% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Woldegiorgis earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.05% more than the national average, earning $44,032 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.24% less than the national average, earning $34,161 CAD per year.

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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 Woldegiorgis
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