Porai Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Porai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Porai (160) may also be a first name.
Porai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porai (Hindi: पोरई, Marathi: पोराई, Oriya: େପାରାଇ) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Porai is the 1,185,157th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. Porai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Porai reside; 56 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 49 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Porai is also the 725,185th most frequently used forename globally, held by 160 people.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 86,742. In Papua New Guinea Porai is most numerous in: Enga, where 64 percent live, Madang, where 16 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 11 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porai in the Hindi language | ||
| पोरई | pora'i | 83.33 |
| पोरइ | pora'i | 16.67 |
| Porai in the Marathi language | ||
| पोराई | pora'i | 80.95 |
| पोराईान्सीस | poraiansisa | 9.52 |
| पोरई | pora'i | 9.52 |
| Porai in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାରାଇ | epara'i | 50 |
| େପାରଇ | epara'i | 50 |
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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 Porai
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