Woris Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Woris Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Woris (37) may also be a first name.
Woris Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woris Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woris is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woris? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Woris reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Woris is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 37 people.
Woris is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Woris Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Woris has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Woris surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Woris
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