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
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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 borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Worku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,376th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,463 people. Worku is mostly found 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 widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 18,528 people.
The surname Worku is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 390,536 people, or 1 in 250. Not including Ethiopia this last name exists 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 holding the Worku surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Worku last name are 45.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 98.97% registered with 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
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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 Worku
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