Poroa Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Poroa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poroa (14) may also be a first name.
Poroa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poroa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poroa (Russian: Пороа) is held by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poroa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poroa is the 3,798,600th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 81 percent of Poroa live; 56 percent live in Australasia and 56 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Poroa is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name globally, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequently held in New Zealand, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 411,666. In New Zealand Poroa is most frequent in: Auckland Region, where 73 percent live, Bay of Plenty Region, where 9 percent live and Canterbury Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of New Zealand this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poroa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poroa in the Russian language | ||
| Пороа | poroa | - |
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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 Poroa
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