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) has its highest incidence in Niger. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Woury? popularity and diffusion
The last name Woury is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Woury occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Woury are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Woury is also the 68,229th most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 8,520 people.
The last name Woury is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger Woury is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent are found and Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.
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
- 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 Woury
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