Poorey Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Poorey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Poorey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poorey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poorey (Marathi: पोरय) is found most in India. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Poorey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poorey is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Poorey live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
Poorey is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 30,682,615. In India it is most common in: Madhya Pradesh, where 32 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 20 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 4 percent reside. Not including India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 36 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poorey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poorey in the Marathi language | ||
| पोरय | poraya | - |
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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 Poorey
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