Porlam Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Brazil

Porlam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porlam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Porlam (6) may also be a first name.

Porlam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porlam is most common in India. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porlam? popularity and diffusion

Porlam is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Porlam are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 4,967,096th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 6 people.

The surname Porlam is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Porlam is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 50 percent live and Telangana, where 50 percent live. Not including India Porlam occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porlan83652/
Parlam8317/
Perlam834/
Purlam831/
Phorlasim809/
Porlant7713/
Porland7712/
Porlang775/
Phorlan774/
Peerlam773/
Porlane771/
Paarlam771/
Poorlan771/
Porlacen7184/
Porlasin7182/
Porlacin7148/
Porlasen713/
Pourlanc711/
Parlliam711/
Pourland711/
Porliand711/
Porleand711/
Porlatin711/
Poorland710/
Parlan671,434/
Porlon67328/
Parlamova6714/
Porlán677/
Parlom671/
Porlehand670/

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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 Porlam
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