Woru Surname
Approximately 1,697 people bear this surname
Woru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,163 | 1:152,315 | 9,636 |
| Indonesia | 450 | 1:293,887 | 26,204 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Woru (586) may also be a first name.
Woru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Woru is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Woru? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 236,740th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,294,370 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Woru live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 345,673rd most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 586 people.
The last name Woru is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,163 people, or 1 in 152,315. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 38 percent reside, Niger, where 37 percent reside and Kwara, where 14 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worou | 89 | 33,051 | / |
| Worup | 89 | 55 | / |
| Wooru | 89 | 19 | / |
| Worru | 89 | 10 | / |
| Worau | 89 | 9 | / |
| Worui | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wgoru | 89 | 1 | / |
| Woruu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Woiru | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wworu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wourou | 80 | 68 | / |
| Woorou | 80 | 13 | / |
| Woirou | 80 | 11 | / |
| Worrou | 80 | 6 | / |
| Woorgu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Hworou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Worrau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Worusz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Worohu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woorup | 80 | 1 | / |
| Worhus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Boru | 75 | 35,620 | / |
| Weru | 75 | 7,273 | / |
| Waru | 75 | 3,977 | / |
| Wuru | 75 | 461 | / |
| Voru | 75 | 54 | / |
| Uoru | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wotruch | 73 | 5 | / |
| Worzruh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Worouha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Worgouh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wouroup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Warui | 67 | 14,058 | / |
| Warou | 67 | 1,872 | / |
| Borau | 67 | 907 | / |
| Borou | 67 | 813 | / |
| Warau | 67 | 550 | / |
| Borru | 67 | 428 | / |
| Vorau | 67 | 260 | / |
| Hweru | 67 | 236 | / |
| Bouru | 67 | 170 | / |
| Borui | 67 | 152 | / |
| Vorou | 67 | 140 | / |
| Waruh | 67 | 126 | / |
| Voruz | 67 | 125 | / |
| Wauru | 67 | 112 | / |
| Vorup | 67 | 94 | / |
| Booru | 67 | 63 | / |
| Hwaru | 67 | 62 | / |
| Vorus | 67 | 59 | / |
| Waruś | 67 | 48 | / |
| Waaru | 67 | 45 | / |
| Wheru | 67 | 44 | / |
| Vorui | 67 | 37 | / |
| Boruț | 67 | 27 | / |
| Uhoru | 67 | 25 | / |
| Boruğ | 67 | 22 | / |
| Warru | 67 | 21 | / |
| Boreu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vorru | 67 | 10 | / |
| Borhu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wurui | 67 | 10 | / |
| Wahru | 67 | 9 | / |
| Woroň | 67 | 7 | / |
| Boiru | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wurou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wurau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wehru | 67 | 6 | / |
| Werru | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waruu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waeru | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wurru | 67 | 4 | / |
| Werui | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wuaru | 67 | 4 | / |
| Werhu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Boruň | 67 | 3 | / |
| Waruz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wharu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wweru | 67 | 2 | / |
| Borșu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uorou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boruï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waruy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boyru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boruj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vouru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Werau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weruu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vooru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boruy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buoru | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woroe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Woru
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