Wortor Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wortor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wortor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia521:84,7806,985
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wortor (20) may also be a first name.

Wortor Last Name Facts

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

Wortor occurs most in Liberia. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wortor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,635,433rd most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wortor are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Wortor is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 84,780. In Liberia it is most common in: Bong County, where 56 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 25 percent are found and Grand Kru County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worthor926/
Wortour925/
Whortor922/
Bortor8338/
Wartor8316/
Vortor831/
Wortar831/
Wartort771/
Wartour771/
Worthur770/
Whortar770/
Wourtare718/
Worthard711/
Bartor679/
Bortar674/
Wartar674/
Burtor673/
Wartur672/
Vartor672/
Vertor671/
Wertar671/
Wartare6211/
Bortarr626/
Vartore623/
Bartour623/
Warthar621/
Whartar620/
Wartarre575/
Uertar50126/
Bartar50114/
Bartur5037/
Burtur5022/
Vertar5010/
Burtar505/
Vartar502/
Vartur501/

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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 Wortor
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