Porfira Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Porfira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porfira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Porfira (196) may also be a first name.

Porfira Last Name Facts

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

Porfira (Russian: Порфира) occurs most in Brazil. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Porfira click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porfira? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Porfira is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Porfira reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 91 percent reside in Luso-South America. Porfira is also the 648,004th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 196 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 40 percent live, Bahia, where 10 percent live and Espírito Santo, where 10 percent live. Apart from Brazil Porfira is found in one country. It is also found in Argentina, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porfirea931/
Porfhira931/
Porfiri862,422/
Porfiro862,409/
Porfire86397/
Perfira8646/
Porfura8628/
Purfira861/
Porfirio8046,730/
Porfiris8066/
Perfeira805/
Porfhiro802/
Porfiriy802/
Porfires802/
Porfirii801/
Porfhirio7514/
Porfirrio752/
Porfirych751/
Porphirea751/
Porfeirio751/
Porrfirio751/
Porfyri71243/
Porfero7184/
Purfiro7115/
Perfyra712/
Parfiry711/
Porfere711/
Perfiro711/
Porfyris67386/
Porferio67186/
Purfirio6745/
Parfirie6741/
Porphiro6722/
Porphire6720/
Perfeiro673/
Parfiriy672/
Parfirio672/
Porfyros671/
Porferes671/
Porfyrio671/
Porphyra671/

Porfira Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porfira in the Russian language
Порфираporfira-

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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
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  • 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 Porfira
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