Porka Surname
Approximately 551 people bear this surname
Porka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 396 | 1:11,133 | 1,214 |
| Thailand | 76 | 1:929,452 | 144,548 |
| Philippines | 64 | 1:1,581,847 | 107,292 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Porka (55) may also be a first name.
Porka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porka (Hindi: पोरका, Russian: Порка) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 572,152nd most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,226,036 people. The surname Porka occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Porka are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 55 people.
The surname Porka is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 11,133. In Liberia Porka is most common in: Maryland County, where 40 percent live, River Gee County, where 36 percent live and Montserrado County, where 16 percent live. Outside of Liberia Porka is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porka in the Hindi language | ||
| पोरका | poraka | - |
| Porka in the Russian language | ||
| Порка | porka | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Porka
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