Porkpah Surname
Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname
Porkpah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 1,125 | 1:3,919 | 498 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Porkpah (136) may also be a first name.
Porkpah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porkpah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Porkpah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porkpah? popularity and diffusion
Porkpah is the 328,333rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,449,156 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Porkpah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 794,286th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 136 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 1,125 people, or 1 in 3,919. In Liberia Porkpah is mostly concentrated in: Bong County, where 51 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 15 percent reside and Gbarpolu County, where 15 percent reside. Beside Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porakpah | 93 | 1 | / |
| Porkpa | 92 | 223 | / |
| Borkpah | 86 | 35 | / |
| Porkpai | 86 | 22 | / |
| Porkpeh | 86 | 15 | / |
| Porokpa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Porkapa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Purkpah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Porkpoh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Porkpatz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Porokpaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Borukpah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Porkop | 77 | 5 | / |
| Porkab | 77 | 2 | / |
| Porkap | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prokopa | 71 | 67 | / |
| Borkpai | 71 | 53 | / |
| Brukpah | 71 | 12 | / |
| Porkapu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Prokupa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Porgbah | 71 | 7 | / |
| Barkpah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Prekupa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prakpia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prokoppa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Prokopae | 67 | 8 | / |
| Prokopai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Parkp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pourkhab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porkipoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porgp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prokopea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Perakapa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prkep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prokopia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prakabha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porikapo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parkpo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Parkpei | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Porkpah
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