Poroca Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Poroca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 85 | 1:2,518,522 | 76,509 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poroca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poroca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poroca is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Poroca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poroca? popularity and diffusion
Poroca is the 2,020,555th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Poroca live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Poroca is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 2,518,522. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Pernambuco, where 66 percent are found, Minas Gerais, where 7 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 6 percent are found. Beside Brazil this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Poroca
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