Porker Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Porker Surname Definition:

Neither a young pig, nor a dealer in pork. In Domesday, the word sometime signifies a swineherd, but more usually a free occupier, who rented the privilege of feeding pigs in the woodlands, and sometimes paid his rent in kind. Ellis. Itrod.

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Porker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2771:97,45711,054
Liberia131:339,11818,650
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

Porker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Neither a young pig, nor a dealer in pork. In Domesday, the word sometime signifies a swineherd, but more usually a free occupier, who rented the privilege of feeding pigs in the woodlands, and sometimes paid his rent in kind. Ellis. Itrod. Domesd. i. 89. In the H.R. the name is written Porcarius, Porkar, and Le Porker.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Porker: hence our surname Porcher. How speedily the servitors began to rise from the lowest rank may be seen by a monument, in Upton Pyne Church, of Edmund Larder in armour. The date is 1520, and yet—certainly but a few centuries before, even if so much as a few, his ancestor was a fattener of pigs.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Porker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porker (Russian: Поркер) occurs most in Australia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porker? popularity and diffusion

The surname Porker is the 870,423rd most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Porker are found; 89 percent are found in Australasia and 89 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Porker is most widely held in Australia, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,457. In Australia it is mostly concentrated in: South Australia, where 88 percent reside, Victoria, where 9 percent reside and New South Wales, where 2 percent reside. Not including Australia Porker is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Porker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Porker has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Porker Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Porker last name is primarily Presbyterian (86%) in Ireland.

Porker earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 44.63% less than the national average, earning $23,891 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porkert92522/
Poorker9251/
Porcker926/
Pourkier862/
Pourkher861/
Porkerth861/
Parker83617,802/
Perker83472/
Purker83248/
Porcer8341/
Pürker836/
Porcher776,501/
Purkert77393/
Porquer77160/
Parcker7740/
Perkher7730/
Paarker7710/
Parkerr7710/
Percker7710/
Pörkert779/
Parkier779/
Parkker778/
Parkeer777/
Pharker777/
Parkere776/
Porkhir776/
Parrker776/
Pasrker772/
Porkird771/
Porhcer771/
Purcker771/
Perkeur771/
Parkeir771/
Parkejr771/
Pourkir771/
Pürkher771/
Parzker771/
Pourcher71650/
Porquier71321/
Parckert71127/
D'Parker715/
Pourkhir712/
Porcheer711/
Paaarker711/
Purkerth711/
Patrkerd711/
Porrquer710/
Pourquier67375/
Purcer67156/
Parcer67103/
Pürkir6711/
Parkir676/
Pheurkert675/
Parkerová673/
Parkerova673/
Purkir671/
Parkre671/

Porker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porker in the Russian language
Поркерporker-

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