Porath Surname
Approximately 4,634 people bear this surname
Porath Surname Definition:
(from the name of a male ancestor) In Genesis 49:22 Joseph is given the descriptive title Porath and thus a Joseph took this as a family name.
Porath Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,007 | 1:40,112 | 5,295 |
| United States | 1,754 | 1:206,647 | 20,253 |
| Brazil | 454 | 1:471,529 | 17,839 |
| Sweden | 112 | 1:87,917 | 6,459 |
| Canada | 102 | 1:361,231 | 32,546 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Poland | 31 | 1:1,226,089 | 78,991 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 1:507,259 | 35,553 |
Porath Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from the name of a male ancestor) In Genesis 49:22 Joseph is given the descriptive title Porath and thus a Joseph took this as a family name.
Porath Demographics
Average Porath Salary in
United States
$46,836 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Porath Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porath Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porath is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porath? popularity and diffusion
Porath is the 101,841st most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,572,625 people. The last name Porath occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Porath are found; 44 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Porath is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 2,007 people, or 1 in 40,112. In Germany Porath is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 14 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.
Porath Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Porath has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Porath surname increased 1,772 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Porath Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Porath last name are 9.95% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.72% being registered with the political party.
The amount Porath earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.54% more than the national average, earning $46,836 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.82% less than the national average, earning $48,777 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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