Worboys Surname

163,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Worboys Surname Definition:

V. Warboys

Worboys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1,1441:23,5983,233
England1,0321:53,9906,579
United States1941:1,868,345121,641
New Zealand1251:36,2276,204
Canada871:423,51337,101
Wales231:134,5459,804
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Scotland111:486,71119,179
France101:6,642,272293,169
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5111:47,7015,880
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

Worboys Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. Warboys

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This strange-looking name appears to be a corruption of Verbois, a village in the neighbourhood of Rouen, in Normandy.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cambridgeshire, Hunts.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Worboys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Worboys is more frequently found in Australia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Worboys? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 163,813th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,750,017 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Worboys live; 48 percent live in Australasia and 48 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Worboys is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 1,144 people, or 1 in 23,598. In Australia Worboys is most common in: New South Wales, where 44 percent reside, Victoria, where 41 percent reside and Queensland, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Australia this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in England, where 39 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Worboys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Worboys has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Worboys last name rose 202 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 588 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Worboys Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Worboys surname are 7.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.29% being registered with the party.

The amount Worboys earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 9.97% more than the national average, earning R 261,336 per year; in United States they earn 17.88% more than the national average, earning $50,862 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.87% less than the national average, earning $45,774 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worboyes93155/
Worrboys930/
Worboy9263/
Worbys921/
Warboys86620/
Worbois8620/
Worbyes865/
Worvoys861/
Borboys860/
Worby831,110/
Worbo837/
Borboyes8068/
Warboyes801/
Warbouys801/
Worboise800/
Worbey77400/
Borboy77383/
Worbis77258/
Worbes77125/
Borbos77103/
Warboy7763/
Werbos7723/
Worbou778/
Worbay773/
Worrby772/
Worbas771/
Worboe771/
Whorby770/
Verboys7164/
Borboya7154/
Worbets7143/
Bourbos7141/
Worbioh7115/
Warbois7112/
Borboos716/
Worbass712/
Wuorbis711/
Whorbey711/
Borboss711/
Warby672,014/
Borbo67601/
Vorbo67162/
Bourbois67128/
Worbe6749/
Borby6741/
Warbo6735/
Worba6726/
Bourbous6719/
Worbi672/
Worbasse671/
Bourboss671/
Bourboye671/
Barboyes671/
Borbujos671/
Worboice670/
Warboise670/

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