Porek Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Porek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Porek (15) may also be a first name.
Porek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porek occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porek? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Porek is predominantly found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Porek live; 81 percent live in Oceania Islands and 81 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Porek is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Porek is most common in: Enga, where 92 percent live and East Sepik, where 8 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 13 percent live and The Netherlands, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poreke | 91 | 18 | / |
| Porekh | 91 | 2 | / |
| Porekk | 91 | 1 | / |
| Porrek | 91 | 0 | / |
| Potreck | 83 | 345 | / |
| Poreike | 83 | 1 | / |
| Perek | 80 | 3,235 | / |
| Parek | 80 | 669 | / |
| Purek | 80 | 190 | / |
| Porec | 80 | 106 | / |
| Porik | 80 | 81 | / |
| Poryk | 80 | 27 | / |
| Porex | 80 | 14 | / |
| Půrek | 80 | 4 | / |
| Porekova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Parekh | 73 | 99,448 | / |
| Pareek | 73 | 16,479 | / |
| Porike | 73 | 71 | / |
| Perekh | 73 | 45 | / |
| Pareke | 73 | 32 | / |
| Parzek | 73 | 32 | / |
| Pariek | 73 | 29 | / |
| Pareik | 73 | 26 | / |
| Porick | 73 | 26 | / |
| Pureke | 73 | 22 | / |
| Porzec | 73 | 17 | / |
| Pereck | 73 | 17 | / |
| Parrek | 73 | 15 | / |
| Pareck | 73 | 10 | / |
| Potrec | 73 | 8 | / |
| Pusrek | 73 | 6 | / |
| Parehk | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pharek | 73 | 4 | / |
| Paarek | 73 | 4 | / |
| Poroik | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pourik | 73 | 4 | / |
| Pareak | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pureek | 73 | 3 | / |
| Purekh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Poruik | 73 | 2 | / |
| Paerek | 73 | 2 | / |
| Porzyk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Porysk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Poriķe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Porykh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Poreac | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porrex | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phoryk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paredk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Porzik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Parezk | 73 | 0 | / |
| Patrzek | 67 | 585 | / |
| Pareekh | 67 | 237 | / |
| Pareike | 67 | 36 | / |
| Porkova | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pareick | 67 | 15 | / |
| Parekhe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Parekke | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pariekh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pareeck | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paarekh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Parecke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pareakh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Parekkh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paareek | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pharekh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poutrik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pothrik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pareedk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pareikh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parekhh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potriks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Potrike | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poerick | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Porek
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