Worpa Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Worpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Worpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Worpa (5) may also be a first name.

Worpa Last Name Facts

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

Worpa is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Worpa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Worpa is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Worpa live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Germanic Europe. Worpa is also the 5,493,085th most common first name in the world, borne by 5 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,106,458. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 100 percent reside. Other than Switzerland this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warpa8094/
Worpe8011/
Vorpa806/
Wurpa801/
Borpa801/
Worpfatt770/
Borpea73123/
Wourpo7310/
Warpay738/
Worpeh736/
Worphy733/
Borpah731/
Worpet731/
Warpaś731/
Whorpe731/
Warppa731/
Warpaj731/
Warpait675/
Worphet672/
Vorpaht671/
Vorpaux671/
Warpacz671/
Warphas671/
Worphey671/

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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 Worpa
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