Porfyris Surname

745,450th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Porfyris Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porfyris Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3391:32,6845,092
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
France11:66,422,722504,397

Porfyris Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porfyris is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Porfyris.

How Common Is The Last Name Porfyris? popularity and diffusion

Porfyris is the 745,450th most frequent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. Porfyris occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Porfyris are found; 88 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Porfyris is most common in Greece, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 32,684. In Greece it is most numerous in: Attica, where 47 percent live, Peloponnese, where 23 percent live and North Aegean, where 11 percent live. Outside of Greece it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Porfyris Last Name Statistics demography

Porfyris earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.07% more than the national average, earning $69,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porfyri93243/
Porfiris8866/
Porfyrio881/
Porfirios824/
Porfiri802,422/
Porfirio7546,730/
Porferio75186/
Porfires752/
Porfiriy752/
Porfirii751/
Porferes751/
Porphyrio7140/
Porfhirio7114/
Porfirrio712/
Porfeirio711/
Porrfirio711/
Porfire67397/
Porfira6711/
Porfere671/
Porphyre63151/
Parfirie6341/
Parfirio632/
Parfiriy632/
Porphyra631/
Porfirea631/
Porfhira631/
Porphirio59533/
Parfirich592/
Porfirych591/
Pourfehrej561/
Parfery5331/
Parfiry531/
Porphire5020/

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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 Porfyris
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