Worh Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Worh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1141:38,6713,573
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Worh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Worh is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Worh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,674,734th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. Worh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Worh reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 38,671. In Liberia Worh is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 86 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 11 percent are found and Bong County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worrh893/
Wohrh891/
Worhe891/
Wotrh891/
Wor865,855/
Wordth801/
Woorth801/
Woirth800/
Wuorth800/
Wourth800/
Wuor7526,501/
Wour7510,052/
Wore75413/
Borh75301/
Woor75206/
Worr75175/
Wohr75156/
Woer7575/
Worz7544/
Warh7527/
Vorh7520/
Whor754/
Uorh753/
Vwor752/
Woir752/
Wgor751/
Woehr67661/
Woore67190/
Worre67180/
Woort67164/
Woure67144/
Bourh6770/
Wortt6716/
Woire6711/
Whore678/
Hwore676/
Whoor675/
Warhe674/
Warph674/
Whort673/
Wohre673/
Voirh673/
Vorhe672/
Wosrz671/
Boorh671/
Worrz671/
Warht671/
Worrt671/
Whorp671/
Wasrh671/
Waarh671/
Woird671/
Whorr671/
Wuhrh671/
Wordt670/
Worrd670/
Woihr670/
Wourt670/
Whoer670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Worh
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