Wordy Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wordy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wordy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wordy (25) may also be a first name.

Wordy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wordy is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Wordy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wordy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wordy is the 4,772,636th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Wordy occurs mostly in Africa, where 41 percent of Wordy live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most common first name globally It is held by 25 people.

This last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 10,968,932. In Iran it is most frequent in: Mazandaran Province, where 86 percent reside and Alborz Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 24 percent reside and Benin, where 12 percent reside.

Wordy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wordy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wordy last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wordey91417/
Worday913/
Wordhy911/
Wordysz831/
Wordhey831/
Wardy801,589/
Bordy80879/
Werdy80380/
Worde80220/
Wordi80164/
Worda8088/
Vordy8036/
Wordé801/
Wurdy800/
Bordoy732,239/
Bordey731,112/
Wordie73893/
Bourdy73621/
Wordui73351/
Borday73152/
Woerde73127/
Bordøy7335/
Warday7334/
Bordyi7330/
Borduy737/
Wordeh736/
Wardyo735/
Wardey734/
Bordiy734/
Wordee732/
Wourde732/
Warrdy731/
Werhdy731/
Werdey731/
Warddy731/
Wourdi731/
Vordey731/
Wordoa731/
Worded731/
Woordes67117/
Werdhiy6713/
Bourdey6712/
Bourday679/
D'Wardy671/
Bourdoy671/
Wourdei671/
Wardysz671/
Bordhoy671/
Bordhey671/
Worddes670/
Whorder670/
Wordead670/
Warddey670/

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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 Wordy
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