Porlezza Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Porlezza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Porlezza Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
France21:33,211,361423,184
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Porlezza Last Name Facts

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

Porlezza is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porlezza? popularity and diffusion

Porlezza is the 3,602,217th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Porlezza occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Porlezza are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Porlezza is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 357,083. In Switzerland Porlezza is most prevalent in: Canton of Aargau, where 48 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 13 percent live and Republic and Canton of Ticino, where 9 percent live. Not including Switzerland this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 10 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porleza931/
Perlzza801/
Porlazzo751/
Perlozza751/
Perilleza712/
Porlje711/
Perlaza6713,535/
Parliza679/
Parlesa676/
Perloza673/
Parleze673/
Parleja672/
Pourzelzah671/
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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 Porlezza
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