Porakos Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Porakos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyprus | 55 | 1:16,089 | 1,810 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Porakos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porakos Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porakos occurs in Cyprus more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porakos? popularity and diffusion
Porakos is the 2,555,468th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Porakos live; 98 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cyprus, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 16,089. In Cyprus it is mostly concentrated in: Limassol District, where 75 percent live, Nicosia District, where 24 percent live and Larnaca District, where 2 percent live. Excluding Cyprus this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Greece, where 2 percent live.
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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 Porakos
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