Wortey Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Wortey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wortey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wortey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wortey occurs most in Ghana. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wortey? popularity and diffusion
Wortey is the 702,422nd most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 17,392,711 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wortey reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Other than Ghana Wortey is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wortey
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