Wormstone Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wormstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wormstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:1,591,94567,242
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Wormstone Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wormstone is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wormstone? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wormstone is the 2,909,720th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Wormstone are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 1,591,945. In England Wormstone is mostly found in: West Yorkshire, where 57 percent live, Shropshire, where 20 percent live and Dorset, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account England this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 22 percent live.

Wormstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wormstone has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Wormstone surname rose 292 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warmstone891/
Barmstone7815/
Wurmstein6749/
Warmstein6734/
Wermstein678/
Wurmsetin671/
Waremstein631/
Wurms-Hutten571/
Vermstani561/

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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 Wormstone
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