Pohorsky Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Pohorsky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pohorsky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Austria311:274,69131,731
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

The alternate forms: Pohorský (188) & Pohořský (26) are calculated separately.

Pohorsky Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pohorsky is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Pohorský or Pohořský. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pohorsky? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pohorsky is the 1,628,521st most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Pohorsky reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 5,253,028. In The United States Pohorsky is mostly concentrated in: California, where 36 percent reside, Iowa, where 23 percent reside and Nevada, where 17 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 25 percent reside and Switzerland, where 10 percent reside.

Pohorsky Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pohorsky are 14.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.87% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pohorsky earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning R 259,980 per year and in United States they earn 8.04% more than the national average, earning $46,617 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pohorský96188/
Pohorskyi9447/
Pohořský9226/
Pohorská88202/
Pohorski8897/
Pohorska884/
Poharsky882/
Poharskyi82108/
Pohurskyi8293/
Poharski7522/
Pohořská7519/
Poeorski751/
Pahurskyi716/

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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 Pohorsky
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