Porfire Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Porfire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 394 | 1:50,959 | 6,304 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Porfire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porfire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porfire (Russian: Порфирье) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Porfire.
How Common Is The Last Name Porfire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 730,373rd most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Porfire live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 394 people, or 1 in 50,959. In Romania Porfire is most numerous in: Vâlcea County, where 24 percent are found, Sălaj County, where 17 percent are found and Maramureș County, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Romania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porfires | 93 | 2 | / |
| Porfirea | 93 | 1 | / |
| Porfir | 92 | 257 | / |
| Porfiri | 86 | 2,422 | / |
| Porfira | 86 | 11 | / |
| Porfere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Porfirio | 80 | 46,730 | / |
| Porfiris | 80 | 66 | / |
| Parfirie | 80 | 41 | / |
| Porphire | 80 | 20 | / |
| Porfiriy | 80 | 2 | / |
| Porfirii | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pourfare | 80 | 1 | / |
| Porferes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Porfhira | 80 | 1 | / |
| Porfer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Porfirova | 75 | 302 | / |
| Porfhirio | 75 | 14 | / |
| Porfirrio | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pourfarei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porphirea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porfeirio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porrfirio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porfirych | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porfyri | 71 | 243 | / |
| Porfert | 71 | 104 | / |
| Porphir | 71 | 22 | / |
| Parfier | 71 | 9 | / |
| Porffer | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pourfehrej | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parfair | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purfira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Parfiry | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pforfer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Porfyris | 67 | 386 | / |
| Porferio | 67 | 186 | / |
| Porphyre | 67 | 151 | / |
| Purfirio | 67 | 45 | / |
| Parfirio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Parfiriy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Porfyrio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourfourher | 67 | 1 | / |
Porfire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porfire in the Russian language | ||
| Порфирье | porfire | - |
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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 Porfire
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