Worlitz Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Worlitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worlitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:6,712,202314,667
Germany521:1,548,18292,602
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Wörlitz (12) are calculated separately.

Worlitz Last Name Facts

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

Worlitz is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as: Wörlitz. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Worlitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Worlitz is the 1,736,881st most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Worlitz live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Worlitz is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 6,712,202. In The United States Worlitz is most numerous in: Missouri, where 35 percent live, Oregon, where 35 percent live and California, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 47 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Worlitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Worlitz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Worlitz last name grew 1,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Worlitz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Worlitz surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Worlitz earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.85% more than the national average, earning $48,694 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wörlitz9512/
Worlitze930/
Werlitz86173/
Warlitz8649/
Wurlitz867/
Worlitzsch8222/
Worlich7126/
Warlits7115/
Burlitz712/
Verlitz711/
Woorlich6715/
Worrlich671/
Warllits671/
Wohrlich670/
Worleich670/

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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 Worlitz
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