Worod Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Worod Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worod Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Worod (21) may also be a first name.

Worod Last Name Facts

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

The last name Worod is found most frequently in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Worod click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Worod? popularity and diffusion

The last name Worod is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Worod occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Worod live; 38 percent live in North Africa and 38 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Worod is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 21 people.

It is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin Worod is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 50 percent are found and Donga Department, where 50 percent are found. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 25 percent are found and Algeria, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worrod91114/
Woroud914/
Woorod914/
Wourod911/
Whorrod8330/
Wouroud838/
Borod80468/
Worot8093/
Worad808/
Warod801/
Worrad73304/
Borrod7369/
Boroud7362/
Vorgod7327/
Bourod7313/
Warrod737/
Boirod735/
Buorod735/
Watrod733/
Boorod732/
Wojrot732/
Worocz732/
Worote731/
Waroud731/
Warood731/
Warhod731/
Woorad731/
Bouroid67137/
Bouroud67137/
Worradt671/
Worotte670/
Woyroth670/

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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 Worod
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