Workiye Surname

77,828th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Workiye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Workiye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia6,2781:15,5382,141
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Workiye Last Name Facts

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

Workiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺭﻛﻴﺎ) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Workiye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Workiye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 77,828th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,160,068 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Workiye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.

It is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 6,278 people, or 1 in 15,538. Beside Ethiopia Workiye is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Workeye863,868/
Werkiye861,932/
Workiya8625/
Workyie8616/
Workeyie801/
Workey77336/
Workue7712/
Workai775/
Workoi771/
Workay771/
Workea771/
Workei771/
Workeu771/
Werkeye7149/
Warkiya7118/
Warkaye7110/
Workeya719/
Werkiya719/
Werkyie714/
Workeit711/
Werkeie711/
Borkoye711/
Wourkai711/
Warkoye711/
Warkiyah6768/
Workayhu671/
Bourkoye671/
Bourkaye671/

Workiye Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Workiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﻭﺭﻛﻴﺎwwrkya-

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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 Workiye
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