Porkin Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Porkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1041:1,385,79997,149
Belarus121:791,75562,255
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Porkin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porkin (Russian: Поркин) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porkin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,612,213th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 69 percent of Porkin live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Russia, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 1,385,799. In Russia Porkin is most numerous in: Moscow, where 23 percent live, Republic of Khakassia, where 20 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 14 percent live. Not including Russia Porkin is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 10 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.

Porkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Porkin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Porkin surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Porkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Porkin surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 40.91% registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porkina9261/
Porkien921/
Parkin8330,879/
Perkin833,789/
Purkin8389/
Porcin8366/
Porkyn833/
Parkina771,072/
Porquin77278/
Pourcin77256/
Purkina7756/
Parkcin7723/
Perkinn776/
Porchin774/
Porkyna774/
Parckin774/
Parkion771/
Phurkin771/
Purking770/
Parkijn770/
Parkn732/
Pourchin7118/
Purkienė711/
Perkgkin711/
Parkchin711/
Parcking711/
Parkingk711/
Parkyn671,492/
Parken67387/
Perkün6751/
Parcin6732/
Purken6721/
Porcen6718/
Perken6710/
Parkén678/
Parkhn673/
Perqin671/
Purqin671/
Purcin670/

Porkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porkin in the Russian language
Поркинporkin-

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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 Porkin
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