Poralan Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Poralan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poralan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4041:250,59037,479
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Poralan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poralan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Poralan is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poralan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Poralan is the 719,876th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Poralan reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 404 people, or 1 in 250,590. In The Philippines Poralan is most prevalent in: Davao Region, where 24 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 15 percent live and Caraga, where 14 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Taiwan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Poralan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis