Porbowu Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Porbowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
Porbowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porbowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Porbowu occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porbowu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Porbowu live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
Porbowu is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Porbowu is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 71 percent are found, Bong County, where 14 percent are found and Lofa County, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Liberia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Guyana, where 13 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
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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
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