Porau Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Porau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Porau (12) may also be a first name.
Porau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Porau is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Porau is the 2,237,939th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Porau live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Papua New Guinea Porau is most numerous in: New Ireland, where 34 percent are found, National Capital District, where 30 percent are found and Bougainville, where 14 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Porau
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