Worke Surname

9,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Worke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia56,3431:1,731305
United States1351:2,684,881161,220
Canada431:856,87466,382
England71:7,959,723202,100
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Worke (22) may also be a first name.

Worke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Worke is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Worke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 9,950th most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 128,869 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Worke live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Worke is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 22 people.

Worke is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 56,343 people, or 1 in 1,731. Not including Ethiopia this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Worke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Worke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Worke surname increased 3,375 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Worke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States Worke are 19.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.79% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Worke earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.55% less than the national average, earning $42,048 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.41% more than the national average, earning $52,372 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Workie9151,805/
Workey91336/
Workes91138/
Workeh9110/
Workeu911/
Workei911/
Workee911/
Workea911/
Woerke911/
Work8923,949/
Workesh832/
Workeit831/
Workech831/
Workheh831/
Woehrke830/
Workett830/
Werke8013,151/
Worka802,761/
Warke802,190/
Worki801,974/
Würke8037/
Vorke8031/
Worck8020/
Workh801/
Whork801/
Workx801/
Woork801/
Uorke801/
Workk801/
Worrk801/
Worky800/
Wurke800/
Werkie733,865/
Borkey73645/
Warkey73248/
Warkie73105/
Borcke7349/
Warkeh7337/
Wurker7332/
Bohrke7322/
Werkey739/
Worksh739/
Borkhe738/
Wuerke735/
Workai735/
Vorkey733/
Wehrke733/
Worcki733/
Warkhe732/
Vorkeh732/
Warkei732/
Borkee731/
Warked731/
Wurrke731/
Waarke731/
Worcei731/
Warkeu731/
Workiy731/
Vorkhe731/
Borkej731/
Borkei731/
Woirek731/
Wörker731/
Wurzke731/
Wourka731/
Waurke731/
Workoi731/
Workph731/
Vorkes731/
Workay731/
Buorke731/
Wercke731/
Werkee730/
Vorkee730/
Werhke730/
Wark676,413/
Vork671,271/
Worg67157/
Vorkheh67131/
Wurcker6774/
Worková6755/
Worquea6719/
Warkehr6714/
Wourgue676/
Warkhed674/
Vorkhes672/
Wuerkey672/
Wourkai671/
Warcket671/
Borkeah671/
Workova671/
Warkker670/
Warkett670/
Voorkes670/
Wharker670/
Bourkee670/
Bourcke670/
Borckey670/
Uork670/
Vorkess670/

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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 Worke
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