Woury Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Woury Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Woury (8,520) may also be a first name.
Woury Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woury Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woury (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻭﺭﻱ) is found most frequently in Niger. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woury? popularity and diffusion
Woury is the 6,723,624th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Woury reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 68,229th most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 8,520 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Niger this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent reside and Mauritania, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Woury Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Woury in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻭﺭﻱ | wwry | 73.96 |
| ﻭﻭﺭﻯ | wwry | 11.24 |
| ﻭﺭﻱ | wry | 11.24 |
| ﺍﻭﺭﻱ | awry | 1.18 |
| ﻫﻮﺭﻱ | hwry | 0.59 |
| ﺃﻭﺭﻯ | awry | 0.59 |
| ﻭﺍﺭﻱ | wary | 0.59 |
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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 Woury
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