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
Porfir Political Affiliation
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Porfir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porfir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porfir is found most frequently in Romania. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porfir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 996,001st most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Porfir are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Porfir is also the 1,994,417th most common first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.
The surname Porfir is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 83,658. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Iași County, where 28 percent live, Hunedoara County, where 23 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 17 percent live. Apart from Romania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Porfir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Porfir surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for 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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