Porav Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Porav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2371:84,7179,896
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Porav (34) may also be a first name.

Porav Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porav (Hindi: पोरव, Russian: Порав) occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Porav click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porav? popularity and diffusion

The surname Porav is the 1,035,555th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. Porav is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Porav live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe. Porav is also the 1,775,424th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 34 people.

This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is carried by 237 people, or 1 in 84,717. In Romania it is most common in: Mureș County, where 40 percent are found, Bistrița-Năsăud County, where 28 percent are found and Alba County, where 16 percent are found. Other than Romania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poraev9114/
Poorav911/
Pourzav837/
Parav80511/
Porov80148/
Porev8047/
Porap8032/
Porab8015/
Perav8014/
Poraw8012/
Porabova772/
Porowa73299/
Paraev73292/
Porova73119/
Pourab7349/
Patrav7346/
Paurav7329/
Potrap7319/
Potrov7319/
Poroev7317/
Pherav7316/
Poreev7316/
Poerov735/
Potraw734/
Peraev734/
Porraf734/
Porape733/
Poorab733/
Paraiv733/
Pharav733/
Paravt733/
Pasrav733/
Porgov732/
Peraiv731/
Posrov731/
Pparav731/
Poraab731/
Porabh731/
Porapp730/
Pourrab67149/
Poorova6779/
Pourasf6752/
Pourabd6725/
Pherrav6720/
Perhaev6715/
Pourova6714/
Pourashvsh6712/
Pourzab679/
Poitraw679/
Poreape677/
Pohreev675/
Parhaev673/
Poitraf672/
Potrovs671/
Perauvh671/
Pathrav671/
Potrapz671/
Poroshv671/
Porgova671/

Porav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porav in the Hindi language
पोरवporava-
Porav in the Russian language
Поравporav-

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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 Porav
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