Porfir Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Porfir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porfir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2401:83,6589,785
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Porfir (28) may also be a first name.

Porfir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porfir occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Porfir.

How Common Is The Last Name Porfir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 996,001st most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. Porfir is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Porfir live; 93 percent live in Eastern Europe and 93 percent live in Romanian Europe. Porfir is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 28 people.

Porfir is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 83,658. In Romania Porfir is primarily found in: Iași County, where 28 percent reside, Hunedoara County, where 23 percent reside and Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Romania Porfir occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Porfir Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Porfir last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

Porfir earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.29% more than the national average, earning $57,946 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porfire92397/
Porfer830/
Porfirova80302/
Porfert77104/
Porphir7722/
Parfier779/
Porffer773/
Porfere771/
Parfair771/
Pforfer770/
Porphire7120/
Pferfier711/
Parfirova67302/
Porfyrova6749/
Perfer675/
Purfer672/
Pferfer625/
Parfert620/
Pherfer620/
Porphyre57151/
Pferffer579/
Pherffer574/
Parfyrova5343/
Parferova539/

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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 Porfir
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