Worgu Surname

265,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Worgu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worgu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,4621:121,1657,996
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Worgu (69) may also be a first name.

Worgu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Worgu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Worgu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Worgu is the 265,253rd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,940,709 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Worgu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most widespread first name internationally, held by 69 people.

Worgu is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,462 people, or 1 in 121,165. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 91 percent are found, Abia, where 2 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woorgu913/
Worgou912/
Wourgou8324/
Worgouh831/
Borgu80135/
Wargu802/
Wergu801/
Borgou733,177/
Boorgu73182/
Wergau7337/
Wargou7316/
Wörgau738/
Würgau735/
Wargau733/
Bourgu733/
Vorgus731/
Bourgou6718,403/
Bourgau67113/
Buorgou6712/
Borgouh6710/
Werghui677/
Wuergau674/
Vourgou672/
Warengu671/
Voirgus671/
Vorgush671/
Boorghu671/

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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 Worgu
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