Worae Surname

254,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Worae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana1,5241:17,7302,249
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Worae Last Name Facts

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

Worae is found most in Ghana. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Worae click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Worae? popularity and diffusion

The last name Worae is the 254,831st most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,704,678 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Worae reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is held by 1,524 people, or 1 in 17,730. Without taking into account Ghana this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woraeh911/
Warae80925/
Vorae807/
Werae801/
Woroe800/
Boraey73409/
Woroua73179/
Waraea735/
Waraee735/
Boraae734/
Waraeh732/
Warahe732/
Boirae732/
Voraes731/
Bohrae731/
Bourae731/
Worahi731/
Vorahe731/
Waerae731/
War'ae731/
Voraer730/
Wourahi67214/
Waraech6715/
Boreaee6711/
Borahae674/
Bouraea671/
Bourahe671/
Boureae671/
Wouroua671/
Waraiye671/

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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 Worae
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