Worike Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Worike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Worike (28) may also be a first name.
Worike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Worike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Worike is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Worike? popularity and diffusion
The last name Worike is the 1,943,350th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Worike are found; 60 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 60 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Worike is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 28 people.
The surname Worike is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea Worike is most numerous in: Morobe, where 82 percent live, Jiwaka, where 7 percent live and National Capital District, where 4 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 39 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Worike
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