Poreka Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Poreka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Kosovo | 6 | 1:310,312 | 8,714 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poreka (144) may also be a first name.
Poreka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poreka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poreka occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poreka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,909,720th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 31 percent of Poreka reside; 31 percent reside in East Africa and 29 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Poreka is also the 769,375th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 144 people.
Poreka is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,298,564. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kajiado County, where 64 percent are found, Narok County, where 29 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 7 percent are found. Besides Kenya it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 24 percent are found and India, where 22 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
- 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 Poreka
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