Polvora Surname
Approximately 1,106 people bear this surname
Polvora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 571 | 1:374,911 | 14,306 |
| Uruguay | 150 | 1:22,878 | 2,650 |
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| Philippines | 124 | 1:816,437 | 77,513 |
| Argentina | 92 | 1:464,602 | 34,717 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
The alternate forms: Pólvora (151) & Pòlvora (1) are calculated separately.
Polvora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polvora Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polvora occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Pólvora or Pòlvora. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polvora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 333,948th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,589,101 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Polvora live; 74 percent live in South America and 52 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Polvora is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 571 people, or 1 in 374,911. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 31 percent are found, Bahia, where 28 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 17 percent are found. Beside Brazil it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 14 percent are found and Portugal, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pólvora | 95 | 151 | / |
| Pòlvora | 95 | 1 | / |
| Polvorra | 93 | 1 | / |
| Polvara | 86 | 395 | / |
| Polvera | 86 | 188 | / |
| Polvore | 86 | 16 | / |
| Poluora | 86 | 1 | / |
| Polverea | 80 | 6 | / |
| Polvorio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pelvera | 71 | 104 | / |
| Polvero | 71 | 28 | / |
| Polvari | 71 | 6 | / |
| Palvera | 71 | 2 | / |
| Palvara | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pòlvera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pollbore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Palvari | 57 | 27 | / |
| Palbara | 57 | 14 | / |
| Palvary | 57 | 1 | / |
| Poluari | 57 | 1 | / |
| Paluera | 57 | 1 | / |
| Palvarez | 53 | 5 | / |
| Palvario | 53 | 3 | / |
| Potluari | 53 | 3 | / |
| Pallboro | 53 | 1 | / |
| Palbaraj | 53 | 1 | / |
| Phoolwari | 50 | 7 | / |
| Phoolbari | 50 | 4 | / |
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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 Polvora
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