Porota Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Porota Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porota Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1901:285,14627,904
Lesotho1411:14,4153,165
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Porota (48) may also be a first name.

Porota Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Porota Come From? nationality or country of origin

Porota (Russian: Порота) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Porota? popularity and diffusion

Porota is the 828,895th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. Porota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Porota reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 48 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 285,146. In South Africa Porota is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 76 percent are found, Gauteng, where 15 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 42 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.

Porota Last Name Statistics demography

Porota earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.62% less than the national average, earning R 131,604 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porrota9210/
Poroita926/
Porotas921/
Porotha921/
Porhota920/
Porrotta862/
Pourosta861/
Poroto83547/
Perota83127/
Porata83114/
Parota8391/
Porote8348/
Poroti836/
Purota836/
Poreta836/
Poruta835/
Photrotta8024/
Pourostat809/
Pourostad801/
Pourrosta801/
Perotta771,253/
Porrata77676/
Perrota77445/
Porotto77202/
Poretta77158/
Potrata7772/
Parrota7771/
Porreta7756/
Parotat7751/
Porotuo7745/
Porotti7728/
Parotta7719/
Porotio7715/
Porgata7713/
Poratta7711/
Porusta777/
Patrota775/
Porotoy774/
Poreeta774/
Pourata774/
Perouta773/
Porotoi773/
Porroto772/
Poorata772/
Poratap772/
Poretha771/
Poratah771/
Poratot771/
Purohta771/
Parotha771/
Parotaz771/
Perotai771/
Poirote771/
Porhata771/
Poroter770/
Pourrousta754/
Perrotta7118,561/
Parrotta713,557/
Porretta712,891/
Peroteau71118/
Poirotte7159/
Purrotat7135/
Pouratat7121/
Porrotti719/
Pourreta716/
Porratai711/
Porratta711/
Porrotte711/
Porrotto711/
Potrotiy711/
Porathas711/
Pourouti711/
Phutrota711/
Parotapp711/
Parrotad711/
Péroteau711/
Pooratta711/
Poroitis711/
Pouroteh711/
Porrutai711/
Phoratha711/
Pareta672,599/
Paruta672,157/
Parata672,025/
Porate671,449/
Purata671,272/
Perata671,254/
Pereta67526/
Perroteau67310/
Porato67309/
Porati67271/
Peroto67235/
Parote67170/
Photrotot67127/
Paroti6768/
Paroutaud6765/
Paroty6761/
Parouteau6736/
Pouroutis6736/
Poirrotte6734/
Parotă6734/
Puruta6732/
Poruti6725/
Poreto6723/
Pourzouti6718/
Pharothai6711/
Paroto679/
Poraty675/
Puroti674/
Perotteau674/
Pouratash672/
Puroto671/
Perrottaa671/
Pérata671/
Pouroutos671/
Pouraatah671/
Pourastad671/
Porute670/

Porota Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porota in the Russian language
Поротаporota-

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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 Porota
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