Wor Surname

82,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Sudan
Highest density in:
South Sudan

Wor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Sudan5,2841:2,160418
Papua New Guinea1791:45,5515,636
Uganda861:453,94527,029
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Nigeria571:3,107,76895,628
Taiwan431:545,2274,074
Liberia301:146,95110,677
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Wor (3,885) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wuor8626,501/
Wour8610,052/
Wore86413/
Woor86206/
Worr86175/
Wohr86156/
Worh86118/
Woer8675/
Worz8644/
Whor864/
Vwor862/
Woir862/
Wgor861/
Woehr75661/
Woore75190/
Worre75180/
Woort75164/
Woure75144/
Wortt7516/
Woire7511/
Whore758/
Hwore756/
Whoor755/
Whort753/
Wohre753/
Worrh753/
Whorp751/
Wosrz751/
Wohrh751/
Whorr751/
Woird751/
Worhe751/
Worrt751/
Worrz751/
Wotrh751/
Whoer750/
Wourt750/
Woihr750/
Wordt750/
Worrd750/
Bor67107,058/
War6749,269/
Vor675,788/
Uor67777/
Wur67184/
Worowa6719/
Wourre672/
Woorth671/
Wordtt671/
Wordth671/
Wohier671/
Woirth670/
Wuorth670/
Wourth670/

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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
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  • 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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