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

Porkin (Russian: Поркин) is more commonly found in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porkin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Porkin is the 1,612,213th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Porkin live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Porkin is most commonly used in Russia, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 1,385,799. In Russia Porkin is primarily found in: Moscow, where 23 percent live, Republic of Khakassia, where 20 percent live and Saint Petersburg, where 14 percent live. Beside Russia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 10 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.

Porkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Porkin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Porkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily 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 national average, with 40.91% registered to vote for the 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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