Worf Surname

506,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Worf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3281:245,44326,770
United States1681:2,157,494136,287
England1051:530,64833,151
Austria321:266,10730,958
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Worf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Worf has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Worf.

How Common Is The Last Name Worf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Worf is the 506,723rd most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. Worf is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Worf live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 245,443. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 48 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 12 percent are found and Bavaria, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and England, where 16 percent are found.

Worf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Worf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Worf surname grew 933 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Worf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Worf last name are 1.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.72% being registered to vote for the party.

Worf earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.7% less than the national average, earning $39,395 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whorf89171/
Worff8997/
Worfe8919/
Whorff8047/
Whorfe804/
Whorft801/
Warf752,003/
Werf75717/
Wurf75168/
Würf7589/
Borf7517/
Worv752/
Vorf751/
Worw751/
Wharf67576/
Werff67391/
Warfe67277/
Warff6750/
Wurft6737/
Wärff6732/
Wurff6713/
Wuerf672/
Borff672/
Wurfe671/
Boorf670/
Whurf670/
Warft670/

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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 Worf
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