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
Poroca occurs most in Brazil. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poroca? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Poroca is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Poroca reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This surname is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 2,518,522. In Brazil it is most common in: Pernambuco, where 66 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 7 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 6 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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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