Pora Surname
Approximately 18,538 people bear this surname
Pora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,377 | 1:91,568 | 6,070 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3,771 | 1:2,162 | 85 |
| Indonesia | 3,652 | 1:36,213 | 4,220 |
| Romania | 901 | 1:22,284 | 2,846 |
| Poland | 582 | 1:65,307 | 10,267 |
| Thailand | 302 | 1:233,902 | 39,534 |
| France | 279 | 1:238,074 | 36,915 |
| United States | 180 | 1:2,013,661 | 129,138 |
| Australia | 88 | 1:306,769 | 26,711 |
| Iran | 72 | 1:1,066,424 | 48,180 |
| Philippines | 38 | 1:2,664,164 | 134,326 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Solomon Islands | 16 | 1:36,252 | 7,281 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Póra (170), Porã (5), Pöra (3), Porá (1) & Porâ (1) are calculated separately.
Pora (3,294) may also be a first name.
Pora Demographics
Pora Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Pora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pora (Bengali: পোড়া, Hindi: पोरा, Marathi: पोरा, Oriya: େପାରା) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Póra, Porã, Pöra, Porá or Porâ. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pora? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,966th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 393,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Pora live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 45 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 124,671st most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 3,294 people.
The last name Pora is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 8,377 people, or 1 in 91,568. In India Pora is most common in: West Bengal, where 97 percent are found, Gujarat, where 2 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Besides India this last name occurs in 56 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.
Pora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pora has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pora surname expanded 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Pora last name is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Pora last name are 9.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.76% registered with the political party.
The amount Pora earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $45,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 53.08% more than the national average, earning $76,054 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pora in the Bengali language | ||
| পোড়া | pora | - |
| Pora in the Hindi language | ||
| पोरा | pora | - |
| Pora in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାରା | epara | - |
| Pora in the Marathi language | ||
| पोरा | pora | - |
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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 Pora
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