Porck Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Porck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands501:337,74438,500
Germany331:2,439,559124,421
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Porck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porck is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Porck.

How Common Is The Last Name Porck? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,955,159th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Porck live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 337,744. In The Netherlands Porck is most frequent in: North Holland, where 74 percent live, South Holland, where 10 percent live and Utrecht, where 10 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Porck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Porck has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Porck surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potrck911/
Porc89311/
Pork89311/
Pourk80525/
Porcq80240/
Porcs80172/
Parck80103/
Perck8086/
Porkh8028/
Porke8028/
Purck8017/
Phork8012/
Potrc802/
Porcx800/
Porkhe734/
Parckh734/
Pourcq733/
Pourke732/
Phorhc731/
Pourkh731/
Poorke731/
Parcke731/
Porrke730/
Pharck730/
Park67383,261/
Perk674,157/
Purk67874/
Parc67637/
Purc67326/
Põrk67121/
Pärk6729/
Porkova6721/
Porg6710/
Porksch6710/
Pérk6710/
Pohyrke678/
Porcova674/
Parchke674/
Porq673/
Pörk672/
Pürk671/
Pàrk671/
Porx671/
Párk671/

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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 Porck
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