Poroku Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Poroku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poroku (20) may also be a first name.
Poroku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poroku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poroku is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Poroku click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poroku? popularity and diffusion
The surname Poroku is the 1,409,418th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Poroku reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Poroku is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 20 people.
The surname Poroku is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 1,180,952. In Nigeria Poroku is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 25 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Ogun, where 18 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Poroku is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porooku | 92 | 5 | / |
| Porokau | 92 | 1 | / |
| Paroku | 83 | 62 | / |
| Puroku | 83 | 14 | / |
| Poraku | 83 | 4 | / |
| Poruku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poreku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Potroykus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Posraku | 77 | 59 | / |
| Porakou | 77 | 29 | / |
| Porakut | 77 | 23 | / |
| Parokou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phoraku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Porekuu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paroikou | 71 | 43 | / |
| Purokaut | 71 | 6 | / |
| Paroukou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Purokuit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Potrukus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paruku | 67 | 581 | / |
| Paraku | 67 | 72 | / |
| Pereku | 67 | 61 | / |
| Puruku | 67 | 26 | / |
| Porucu | 67 | 24 | / |
| Peraku | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phosrakhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parouckou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Poroku
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