Yorwerth Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Yorwerth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yorwerth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales361:85,9597,098
England161:3,482,379114,324
Scotland81:669,22723,443
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales161:98,0264,293

Yorwerth Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yorwerth Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yorwerth has its highest incidence in Wales. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yorwerth? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yorwerth is the 2,312,869th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Yorwerth live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Yorwerth is most numerous in Wales, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 85,959. In Wales it is most frequent in: Bridgend County Borough, where 67 percent are found, Wrexham County Borough, where 17 percent are found and Neath Port Talbot County Borough, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Wales this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent are found and Scotland, where 12 percent are found.

Yorwerth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Yorwerth has changed through the years. In Wales the share of the population with the surname grew 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iorwerth8842/
Yorwarth8820/
Yorworth880/
Yorbert801/
Ayiorworth781/
Yarworth75151/
Yarbert677/
Jorvert671/
Eorbert671/
Jourbert636/
Jarvert531/

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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 Yorwerth
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