Porma Surname
Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname
Porma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1,112 | 1:15,842 | 1,133 |
| Argentina | 145 | 1:294,782 | 23,564 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Finland | 19 | 1:289,300 | 21,660 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Porma (263) may also be a first name.
Porma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porma (Hindi: परमा, Russian: Порма) has its highest incidence in Chile. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 290,346th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Porma are found; 96 percent are found in South America and 95 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 548,616th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 263 people.
This surname is most numerous in Chile, where it is carried by 1,112 people, or 1 in 15,842. In Chile Porma is most frequent in: Araucanía Region, where 44 percent are found, Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 36 percent are found and Bío Bío Region, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Chile Porma occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
Porma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Porma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Porma last name contracted 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porma in the Hindi language | ||
| परमा | parama | - |
| Porma in the Russian language | ||
| Порма | porma | - |
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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
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- 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 Porma
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