Workeye Surname

118,847th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Workeye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Workeye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia3,8641:25,2453,162
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Workeye Last Name Facts

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

Workeye is found most in Ethiopia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Workeye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 118,847th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,884,060 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Workeye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.

The last name Workeye is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 3,864 people, or 1 in 25,245. Beside Ethiopia Workeye is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Workeyie931/
Workey92336/
Workiye866,282/
Werkeye8649/
Workeya869/
Workiee861/
Borkey77645/
Warkey77248/
Workue7712/
Werkey779/
Vorkey773/
Workay771/
Workea771/
Workei771/
Workeu771/
Vorkee770/
Werkiye711,932/
Workiya7125/
Werkeya7125/
Workyie7116/
Warkaye7110/
Werkeyi714/
Wuerkey712/
Werkeie711/
Workeit711/
Werqeye711/
Borkoye711/
Warkoye711/
Borckey710/
Barkeyee671/
Workayhu671/
Borkawee671/
Bourkoye671/
Bourkaye671/
Vorkayei671/

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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 Workeye
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