Woruka Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Woruka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 289 | 1:612,951 | 29,166 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Woruka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woruka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Woruka is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Woruka.
How Common Is The Last Name Woruka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Woruka is the 914,967th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Woruka live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Woruka is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 612,951. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 98 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 0 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worukah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Woruszka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Waruka | 83 | 364 | / |
| Worika | 83 | 149 | / |
| Weruka | 83 | 18 | / |
| Woruke | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wuruka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woroka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Woruko | 83 | 1 | / |
| Borukha | 77 | 111 | / |
| Werukha | 77 | 99 | / |
| Borucka | 77 | 97 | / |
| Worouko | 77 | 29 | / |
| Vorukha | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vwaruka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Worrika | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woroukou | 71 | 22 | / |
| Watrucka | 71 | 7 | / |
| Woroukio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wargucka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wauruska | 71 | 0 | / |
| Waroka | 67 | 1,680 | / |
| Warika | 67 | 413 | / |
| Waruki | 67 | 76 | / |
| Varuka | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wuruke | 67 | 17 | / |
| Woroko | 67 | 13 | / |
| Werika | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waruke | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vorika | 67 | 5 | / |
| Boruca | 67 | 4 | / |
| Waruko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Veruka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vuruka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wouriekai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wérika | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wouroukou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Borujkhah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouroukaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uaruka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boruky | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Woruka
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