Porom Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Porom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 76 | 1:107,286 | 14,507 |
| Benin | 64 | 1:161,494 | 16,390 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Poróm (1) are calculated separately.
Porom (48) may also be a first name.
Porom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Porom (Russian: Пором) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms: Poróm. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porom? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,434,893rd most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Porom are found; 53 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 53 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Porom is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 48 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 107,286. In Papua New Guinea Porom is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Morobe, where 29 percent reside and Bougainville, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 43 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porom in the Russian language | ||
| Пором | porom | - |
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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 Porom
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