Wur Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Wur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Wur (310) may also be a first name.
Wur Demographics
Wur Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Wur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wur has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wur? popularity and diffusion
Wur is the 1,252,959th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 51 percent of Wur live; 51 percent live in Oceania Islands and 51 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Wur is also the 499,178th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 310 people.
The surname Wur is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 98,238. In Papua New Guinea Wur is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 80 percent live, Western Highlands, where 18 percent live and Central, where 1 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Wur Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
The amount Wur earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning $43,384 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wour | 86 | 10,052 | / |
| Wurz | 86 | 2,868 | / |
| Wurr | 86 | 631 | / |
| Wure | 86 | 113 | / |
| Whur | 86 | 58 | / |
| Wuhr | 86 | 52 | / |
| Waur | 86 | 44 | / |
| Weur | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wurd | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wuyr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wurp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wuir | 86 | 0 | / |
| Woure | 75 | 144 | / |
| Waure | 75 | 142 | / |
| Whurr | 75 | 117 | / |
| Wahur | 75 | 59 | / |
| Wuire | 75 | 3 | / |
| Weure | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuhrh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuhyr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wourt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Weurz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wutrz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wurtt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Whure | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bur | 67 | 16,317 | / |
| Wor | 67 | 5,855 | / |
| Vur | 67 | 437 | / |
| Wourre | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wheure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuurth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuirth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wourth | 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 Wur
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