Woruba Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Woruba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woruba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Woruba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woruba occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woruba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Woruba is mostly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Woruba are found; 90 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 90 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Woruba is mostly found in: East Sepik, where 67 percent reside, Madang, where 11 percent reside and National Capital District, where 11 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it exists in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worouba921/
Woruby8361/
Waruba8311/
Worubi837/
Boruba834/
Voruba833/
Woriba832/
Worube831/
Woruwa831/
Woroba831/
Votruba771,678/
Borubay77175/
Worouwa77137/
Watruba7760/
Borouba7721/
Worobay7710/
Woroube7710/
Woroubi778/
Vorubay774/
Warubea771/
Worusua771/
Worobai771/
Wotrube771/
Borubai771/
Bourouba716,229/
Worrobah7146/
Wotrubez7112/
Woroubou7110/
Wourouwa712/
Woroubio711/
Wattruba710/
Bouroubai67219/
Baruba67197/
Wariba67124/
Woroby6779/
Buruba6746/
Waruwa6733/
Warubi6732/
Wurube6728/
Worobe6726/
Warubo6718/
Woribo6717/
Worobo6716/
Voruby6714/
Worobjowa6711/
Wouroubie677/
Worobi675/
Waroba674/
Warube673/
Bouroubah673/
Vorubi672/
Boruva672/
Bouroubay671/
Werubo671/
Wouroubou671/
Varuba671/
Bourrouba671/
Borubo671/
Wurubo671/
Vorubo671/
Uaruba671/
Wurubi671/
Woruwo671/
Wouroubio671/

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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 Woruba
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