Wurie Surname
Approximately 17,325 people bear this surname
Wurie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 16,931 | 1:419 | 74 |
| United States | 188 | 1:1,927,973 | 124,806 |
| England | 120 | 1:464,317 | 30,397 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Wurie (42) may also be a first name.
Wurie Demographics
Average Wurie Salary in
United States
$45,538 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wurie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wurie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wurie occurs more in Sierra Leone more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wurie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wurie is the 30,831st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 420,638 people. The surname Wurie is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Wurie are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 42 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Sierra Leone, where it is held by 16,931 people, or 1 in 419. Excluding Sierra Leone this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Wurie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wurie surname are 43.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.77% registered to vote for the party.
Wurie earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.54% more than the national average, earning $45,538 USD per year.
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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 Wurie
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