Porowa Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Porowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2531:182,52913,729
Philippines311:3,265,749145,701
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Porowa Last Name Facts

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

Porowa is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porowa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Porowa is the 895,817th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Porowa reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

Porowa is most numerous in Kenya, where it is held by 253 people, or 1 in 182,529. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Turkana County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 10 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.

Porowa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Porowa last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porowai9244/
Poroway924/
Porow9116/
Porofowa861/
Parowa83162/
Porova83119/
Perowa8352/
Porawa8314/
Poroba836/
Porrow831/
Porhow831/
Porgow831/
Potrawa77223/
Poorova7779/
Porovai7776/
Porovha7747/
Porovay7723/
Paroway7718/
Pourova7714/
Potrova778/
Porouba776/
Porobaa775/
Poerova773/
Porawas772/
Purtowa771/
Porgova771/
Poitrow771/
Porowei771/
Parowai771/
Pothrow770/
Porob73350/
Parow73342/
Porav73243/
Porov73148/
Purow7333/
Porof7326/
Porab7315/
Poraw7312/
Poitrows711/
Phorawat711/
Parroway711/
Perova6717,735/
Por6714,952/
Parrow67792/
Parova67757/
Paroba67301/
Purova67202/
Parawa67144/
Photrowot6793/
Putrow6768/
Porobo6759/
Phatrowat6752/
Pourab6749/
Parzow6723/
Potrov6719/
Perawa6713/
Pharow6711/
Poerov675/
Porava675/
Photrawat674/
Potraw674/
Porraf674/
Poorab673/
Poraba673/
Porgov672/
Porovo672/
Parhow672/
Phorawach672/
Parowo672/
Paroiw671/
Potrof671/
Poorav671/
Purawa671/
Purrow671/
Posrov671/
Poraab671/
Porabh671/
Poroub671/
Porová671/
Pourgawai671/
Parowf671/
Pargow670/

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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 Porowa
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