Porf Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Porf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Porf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran281:2,742,23386,474
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Porf (20) may also be a first name.

Porf Last Name Facts

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

Porf (Russian: Порф) occurs most in Iran. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Porf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,228,735th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Porf live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Porf is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

The last name is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 2,742,233. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Hormozgan Province, where 43 percent are found, Kerman Province, where 32 percent are found and Fars Province, where 25 percent are found. Besides Iran it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 11 percent are found and Morocco, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poorfe800/
Perf7561/
Purf752/
Porv751/
Parf751/
Porw751/
Porb751/
Perff6728/
Parfe674/
Poorv672/
Porph671/
Purft671/
Parff671/
Porvs671/
Parfz671/
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Porf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porf in the Russian language
Порфporf-

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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 Porf
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