Woort Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Woort Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1451:116,46318,437
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Woort Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woort occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Woort click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woort? popularity and diffusion

Woort is the 1,353,468th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Woort are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Woort is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 116,463. In The Netherlands Woort is most frequent in: Flevoland, where 50 percent live, North Holland, where 37 percent live and Overijssel, where 4 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woorts9145/
Woorth911/
Wort891,597/
Woor89206/
Worth8020,836/
Voort80753/
Woord80325/
Woore80190/
Worte8045/
Woert8038/
Wortt8016/
Boort8010/
Whoor805/
Worht803/
Whort803/
Worrt801/
Wourt800/
Wordt800/
Wor755,855/
Woerth73498/
Woiret7346/
Worthe7325/
Voorts7316/
Wourte7315/
Voordt739/
Boorth737/
Worths736/
Wordth731/
Wortch731/
Wordtt731/
Wourth730/
Wuorth730/
Woirth730/
Wortts730/
Whorth730/
Wuor6726,501/
Word6710,659/
Wour6710,052/
Bort677,585/
Boor674,143/
Wart67661/
Wore67413/
Voor67231/
Worr67175/
Wohr67156/
Vort67135/
Worh67118/
Worz6744/
Wurt6712/
Würt678/
Whor674/
Woirret673/
Vwor672/
Woir672/
Wgor671/
Uort671/

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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 Woort
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