Worbs Surname

286,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Worbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1851:67,9378,686
Poland751:506,78349,442
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
France21:33,211,361423,184
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Worbs Last Name Facts

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

Worbs has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Worbs.

How Common Is The Last Name Worbs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Worbs is the 286,143rd most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,426,319 people. Worbs is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Worbs reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 1,185 people, or 1 in 67,937. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 31 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Worbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Worbs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Worbs last name increased 483 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Worbs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Worbs surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Worbs earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 41.84% less than the national average, earning $25,094 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.07% more than the national average, earning $60,650 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worbst911/
Worb8913/
Wurbs80371/
Werbs8037/
Würbs809/
Worps803/
Vorbs802/
Borbs801/
Warbs800/
Worbsová772/
Worp67254/
Borb6776/
Warb6714/
Vorb672/
Worv672/
Uorb671/

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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 Worbs
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