Woord Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Woord Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woord Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2891:58,43310,056
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:1,068,48362,061

Woord Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woord occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woord? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 844,382nd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. The last name Woord is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Woord live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Woord is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 58,433. In The Netherlands Woord is primarily concentrated in: Flevoland, where 61 percent are found, North Holland, where 17 percent are found and South Holland, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands Woord occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Woord Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woord has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Woord last name fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Word8910,659/
Boord80980/
Woort80164/
Woerd8062/
Voord803/
Woird801/
Wordt800/
Worrd800/
Woorts7345/
Voordt739/
Wordtt731/
Woorth731/
Wordth731/
Ward67567,303/
Bord672,910/
Wort671,597/
Vord6776/
Uord6723/
Wurd673/
Wàrd671/

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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 Woord
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