Wor Surname
Approximately 5,855 people bear this surname
Wor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 5,284 | 1:2,160 | 418 |
| Papua New Guinea | 179 | 1:45,551 | 5,636 |
| Uganda | 86 | 1:453,945 | 27,029 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Wor (3,885) may also be a first name.
Wor Demographics
Average Wor Salary in
United States
$38,872 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wor is found in South Sudan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wor? popularity and diffusion
It is the 82,728th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,244,671 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Wor reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Wor is also the 112,518th most widely held first name globally It is held by 3,885 people.
The last name Wor is most frequent in South Sudan, where it is held by 5,284 people, or 1 in 2,160. Barring South Sudan this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Wor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wor surname expanded 533 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wor surname are 21.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.42% registered with the party.
Wor earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.91% less than the national average, earning $38,872 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuor | 86 | 26,501 | / |
| Wour | 86 | 10,052 | / |
| Wore | 86 | 413 | / |
| Woor | 86 | 206 | / |
| Worr | 86 | 175 | / |
| Wohr | 86 | 156 | / |
| Worh | 86 | 118 | / |
| Woer | 86 | 75 | / |
| Worz | 86 | 44 | / |
| Whor | 86 | 4 | / |
| Vwor | 86 | 2 | / |
| Woir | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wgor | 86 | 1 | / |
| Woehr | 75 | 661 | / |
| Woore | 75 | 190 | / |
| Worre | 75 | 180 | / |
| Woort | 75 | 164 | / |
| Woure | 75 | 144 | / |
| Wortt | 75 | 16 | / |
| Woire | 75 | 11 | / |
| Whore | 75 | 8 | / |
| Hwore | 75 | 6 | / |
| Whoor | 75 | 5 | / |
| Whort | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wohre | 75 | 3 | / |
| Worrh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Whorp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wosrz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wohrh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whorr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woird | 75 | 1 | / |
| Worhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Worrt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Worrz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wotrh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Whoer | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wourt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Woihr | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wordt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Worrd | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bor | 67 | 107,058 | / |
| War | 67 | 49,269 | / |
| Vor | 67 | 5,788 | / |
| Uor | 67 | 777 | / |
| Wur | 67 | 184 | / |
| Worowa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wourre | 67 | 2 | / |
| Woorth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wordtt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wordth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wohier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woirth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuorth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wourth | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wor
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