Porou Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Porou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Caledonia | 42 | 1:6,577 | 1,478 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Porou (20) may also be a first name.
Porou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porou (Russian: Пороу) occurs in New Caledonia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,785,358th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name Porou is primarily found in Oceania, where 64 percent of Porou are found; 41 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 40 percent are found in New Caledonia. Porou is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 20 people.
The surname Porou is most frequently held in New Caledonia, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 6,577. Excluding New Caledonia this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 22 percent live and Greece, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porou in the Russian language | ||
| Пороу | porou | - |
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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 Porou
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