Porfir Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Porfir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 240 | 1:83,658 | 9,785 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Porfir (28) may also be a first name.
Porfir Demographics
Average Porfir Salary in
United States
$57,946 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Porfir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porfir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porfir occurs more in Romania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porfir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 996,001st most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Porfir reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Porfir is also the 1,994,417th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 28 people.
The last name Porfir is most frequently used in Romania, where it is borne by 240 people, or 1 in 83,658. In Romania it is primarily found in: Iași County, where 28 percent are found, Hunedoara County, where 23 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent are found. Beside Romania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
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% registered with the 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porfire | 92 | 397 | / |
| Porfer | 83 | 0 | / |
| Porfirova | 80 | 302 | / |
| Porfert | 77 | 104 | / |
| Porphir | 77 | 22 | / |
| Parfier | 77 | 9 | / |
| Porffer | 77 | 3 | / |
| Porfere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Parfair | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pforfer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Porphire | 71 | 20 | / |
| Pferfier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parfirova | 67 | 302 | / |
| Porfyrova | 67 | 49 | / |
| Perfer | 67 | 5 | / |
| Purfer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pferfer | 62 | 5 | / |
| Parfert | 62 | 0 | / |
| Pherfer | 62 | 0 | / |
| Porphyre | 57 | 151 | / |
| Pferffer | 57 | 9 | / |
| Pherffer | 57 | 4 | / |
| Parfyrova | 53 | 43 | / |
| Parferova | 53 | 9 | / |
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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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