Worke Surname
Approximately 56,550 people bear this surname
Worke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 56,343 | 1:1,731 | 305 |
| United States | 135 | 1:2,684,881 | 161,220 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Worke (22) may also be a first name.
Worke Demographics
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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.
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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
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