Wortly Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wortly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wortly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wortly (2) may also be a first name.

Wortly Last Name Facts

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

Wortly is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wortly? popularity and diffusion

Wortly is the 14,316,765th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wortly are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles. Wortly is also the 9,404,674th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 2 people.

The last name Wortly is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is most frequent in: South Yorkshire, where 100 percent are found.

Wortly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wortly has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wortly last name declined 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wortley922,797/
Worthly929/
Wortliy921/
Worthley861,567/
Worhtley862/
Worthlay860/
Wartly835/
Wortle831/
Wworthley800/
Wartley7773/
Wortlet776/
Wortles775/
Bortley773/
Whartly770/
Wurtley770/
Worthle770/
Warthly770/
Woerthle7113/
Whartley712/
Wortelle711/
Worthlie710/
Warthley710/
Bortle67639/
Würtle678/
Wurtle675/
Wartle671/
Bortli671/
Wartli671/
Vortle671/
Wharthley670/

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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 Wortly
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