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) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Woury click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woury? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Woury live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 68,229th most common first name worldwide, borne by 8,520 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger Woury is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis