Porike Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Porike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 52 | 1:39,424 | 6,000 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Poriķe (2) are calculated separately.
Porike (17) may also be a first name.
Porike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porike occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Poriķe. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porike? popularity and diffusion
Porike is the 2,255,512th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Porike are found; 76 percent are found in Northern Europe and 73 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 39,424. In Latvia Porike is mostly concentrated in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 94 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 4 percent live and Semigallia, where 2 percent live. Not including Latvia it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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 Porike
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