Poraw Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Poraw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Poraw (11) may also be a first name.
Poraw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poraw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poraw (Hindi: पोरवा) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poraw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poraw is the 5,587,209th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Poraw reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: North Sulawesi, where 100 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 42 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porawe | 91 | 21 | / |
| Potraw | 91 | 4 | / |
| Poitraw | 83 | 9 | / |
| Porav | 80 | 243 | / |
| Paraw | 80 | 36 | / |
| Porow | 80 | 16 | / |
| Porab | 80 | 15 | / |
| Puraw | 80 | 9 | / |
| Peraw | 80 | 0 | / |
| Porowa | 73 | 299 | / |
| Porova | 73 | 119 | / |
| Parawe | 73 | 91 | / |
| Pourab | 73 | 49 | / |
| Porowe | 73 | 47 | / |
| Putraw | 73 | 11 | / |
| Porraf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Poorab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Porhow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porgow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poorav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porrow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porabh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Parhaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peeraw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Parahw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paaraw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poraab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Perraw | 73 | 0 | / |
| Perhaw | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pourrab | 67 | 149 | / |
| Poorova | 67 | 79 | / |
| Pourasf | 67 | 52 | / |
| Pourova | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pourzav | 67 | 7 | / |
| Poitraf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Perreaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poitrow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porgova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pattraw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pothrow | 67 | 0 | / |
Poraw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poraw in the Hindi language | ||
| पोरवा | porava | - |
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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 Poraw
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