World Surname

320,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

World Surname Definition:

1. Perhaps a corruption of Worle, a parish in Somersetshire. 2. The Old Germ, name Worald, i. e., "the old man." Ferguson.

World Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran8791:87,3528,800
England1101:506,52832,143
Canada421:877,27667,671
Israel421:203,75319,703
Haiti381:281,1559,538
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
China101:136,732,1577,199
India51:153,413,076951,030
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1221:199,79815,918
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:171,39515,445

World (1,270) may also be a first name.

World Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

1. Perhaps a corruption of Worle, a parish in Somersetshire. 2. The Old Germ, name Worald, i. e., "the old man." Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Corrupted from the Old German name Worald; from wer-alt, which will translate both "noble man" and "noble in battle." Worldham is the name of two parishes co. Hants.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

World Last Name Facts

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

The surname World is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name World? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 320,495th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,250,039 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 81 percent of World live; 76 percent live in South Asia and 76 percent live in Islamic South Asia. World is also the 221,406th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 1,270 people.

The surname World is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 879 people, or 1 in 87,352. In Iran it is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent reside and Kerman Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Iran this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

World Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of World has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the World last name declined 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

World Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

World earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 2.11% more than the national average, earning $50,730 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worled9117/
Worlld911/
Wourld911/
Worelds8327/
Worilds8310/
Woirlds831/
Worreld830/
Werld803/
Warld802/
Wurld800/
Warild7360/
Wereld7326/
Borild738/
Waryld733/
Worlte730/
Worlet730/
Waryold6752/
Borrild6732/
Weereld672/
Worlett670/

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