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

The last name Porota (Russian: Порота) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porota? popularity and diffusion

Porota is the 828,895th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Porota are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 48 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 285,146. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 76 percent are found, Gauteng, where 15 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found 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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