Porja Surname
Approximately 7,679 people bear this surname
Porja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7,425 | 1:103,308 | 6,776 |
| Albania | 241 | 1:12,092 | 2,242 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Porja (16) may also be a first name.
Porja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porja (Hindi: पोरजा) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Porja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Porja is the 65,060th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 949,023 people. Porja occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Porja live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Porja is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 7,425 people, or 1 in 103,308. In India it is most common in: Assam, where 90 percent live, West Bengal, where 8 percent live and Arunachal Pradesh, where 2 percent live. Apart from India this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Albania, where 3 percent live and Greece, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porja in the Hindi language | ||
| पोरजा | poraja | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Porja
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis