Poretu Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Poretu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poretu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India221:34,866,608408,224
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897

Poretu (11) may also be a first name.

Poretu Last Name Facts

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

Poretu is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poretu? popularity and diffusion

Poretu is the 3,602,217th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Poretu is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Poretu are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 11 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 34,866,608. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 100 percent reside. Outside of India this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peretu83391/
Poritu8362/
Paretu8316/
Poratu834/
Porotu833/
Poratuy77867/
Pheretu77157/
Poratui7733/
Peretau7729/
Poritud775/
Parestu774/
Porittu771/
Pourotu771/
Parettu771/
Pereteu771/
Puretup770/
Parietu770/
Pareethu7116/
Poriotou7115/
Posritud711/
Paratu67106/
Parotu6731/
Paritu6720/
Peritu6713/
Peratu6711/

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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 Poretu
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