Worku Surname
Approximately 394,715 people bear this surname
Worku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 390,536 | 1:250 | 22 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| United States | 826 | 1:438,812 | 37,732 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Canada | 116 | 1:317,634 | 29,153 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Eritrea | 9 | 1:527,989 | 318 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Worku (18,528) may also be a first name.
Worku Demographics
Worku Political Affiliation
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Worku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Worku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Worku is found most in Ethiopia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Worku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,376th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,463 people. The last name Worku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Worku live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 40,013th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 18,528 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 390,536 people, or 1 in 250. Besides Ethiopia this surname occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Worku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Worku last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Worku last name are 45.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 98.97% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Worku earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.6% less than the national average, earning 285,154 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.11% more than the national average, earning R 313,944 per year; in United States they earn 6.49% less than the national average, earning $40,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.03% less than the national average, earning $42,710 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workou | 91 | 21 | / |
| Workhu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Workeu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Workus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Workup | 91 | 0 | / |
| Workusz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wourkou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Workhus | 83 | 0 | / |
| Werku | 80 | 5,640 | / |
| Warku | 80 | 1,445 | / |
| Wurku | 80 | 8 | / |
| Vorku | 80 | 5 | / |
| Workcuss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Warkou | 73 | 76 | / |
| Werkau | 73 | 59 | / |
| Borkou | 73 | 51 | / |
| Borkcu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Warkuß | 73 | 19 | / |
| Werkou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Vorkou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Borkeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Warkeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Borkuu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Worgcu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Worcut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vorkus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Workhoudt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Warkusz | 67 | 184 | / |
| Warkcup | 67 | 78 | / |
| Warkuss | 67 | 18 | / |
| Vourkou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Vorkouh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vorkush | 67 | 3 | / |
| Borkouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Worcutt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vorkaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Worku
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