Wour Surname
Approximately 10,052 people bear this surname
Wour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 10,040 | 1:1,137 | 224 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wour (3,385) may also be a first name.
Wour Demographics
Wour Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wour is found most frequently in South Sudan. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wour.
How Common Is The Last Name Wour? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wour is the 51,008th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 724,985 people. The last name Wour is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wour live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 122,466th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 3,385 people.
This surname is most widespread in South Sudan, where it is carried by 10,040 people, or 1 in 1,137. Barring South Sudan it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.
Wour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wour has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wour surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woure | 89 | 144 | / |
| Wouer | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wourt | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wor | 86 | 5,855 | / |
| Wur | 86 | 184 | / |
| Wouere | 80 | 13 | / |
| Wourre | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wourth | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wuor | 75 | 26,501 | / |
| Bour | 75 | 15,973 | / |
| Wurz | 75 | 2,868 | / |
| Wurr | 75 | 631 | / |
| Wore | 75 | 413 | / |
| Woor | 75 | 206 | / |
| Worr | 75 | 175 | / |
| Wohr | 75 | 156 | / |
| Worh | 75 | 118 | / |
| Wure | 75 | 113 | / |
| Vour | 75 | 87 | / |
| Wuar | 75 | 81 | / |
| Woer | 75 | 75 | / |
| Whur | 75 | 58 | / |
| Wuhr | 75 | 52 | / |
| Waur | 75 | 44 | / |
| Worz | 75 | 44 | / |
| Whor | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wurd | 75 | 3 | / |
| Weur | 75 | 3 | / |
| Woir | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vwor | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wurp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wgor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuyr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuir | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wauer | 67 | 1,305 | / |
| Woehr | 67 | 661 | / |
| Wayor | 67 | 628 | / |
| Wower | 67 | 499 | / |
| Bouer | 67 | 337 | / |
| Woore | 67 | 190 | / |
| Worre | 67 | 180 | / |
| Woort | 67 | 164 | / |
| Waure | 67 | 142 | / |
| Whurr | 67 | 117 | / |
| Bourh | 67 | 70 | / |
| Wuehr | 67 | 59 | / |
| Wahur | 67 | 59 | / |
| Bouhr | 67 | 56 | / |
| Wejor | 67 | 35 | / |
| Wajur | 67 | 34 | / |
| Waior | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wiyor | 67 | 24 | / |
| Wuyer | 67 | 21 | / |
| Wortt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Woyer | 67 | 16 | / |
| Woyar | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wuerr | 67 | 14 | / |
| Woire | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wojar | 67 | 9 | / |
| Weior | 67 | 9 | / |
| Whore | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ouhar | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hwore | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bourr | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wajor | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wuarr | 67 | 5 | / |
| Whoor | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wojer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bouër | 67 | 4 | / |
| Whort | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wojir | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wohre | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wuire | 67 | 3 | / |
| Worrh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Voure | 67 | 3 | / |
| Woier | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wuard | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wojor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wotrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Worrz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wioar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weuer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vouer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Worrt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woyor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wijor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wujor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Worhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouhor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whorp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuart | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woird | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whorr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wohrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wosrz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuhrh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuhyr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whure | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weaur | 67 | 0 | / |
| Worrd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wordt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuhar | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wuier | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woihr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wurtt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wutrz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weurz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whoer | 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 Wour
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