Porah Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Porah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Porah (70) may also be a first name.
Porah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porah is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 59 percent of Porah are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 45 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 70 people.
The surname Porah is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 13,224,919. In Indonesia it is most common in: Central Kalimantan, where 90 percent live and North Maluku, where 10 percent live. Apart from Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Porah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Porah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Porah surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Porah
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