Porowan Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Porowan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Porowan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porowan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porowan is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porowan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Porowan occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Porowan are found; 100 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 100 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: West Sepik, where 88 percent live and National Capital District, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purowan | 86 | 3 | / |
| Porawan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Parawan | 71 | 1,155 | / |
| Purawan | 71 | 306 | / |
| Poruban | 71 | 191 | / |
| Perovan | 71 | 21 | / |
| Perawan | 71 | 21 | / |
| Poravan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Paruwan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Parovan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poraban | 71 | 2 | / |
| Perewan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pharawan | 67 | 62 | / |
| Pasrawan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Paraswan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Parawain | 67 | 6 | / |
| Phurawan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Parouban | 67 | 5 | / |
| Parawwan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peerawan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Purawant | 67 | 2 | / |
| Perojuan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paruwane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hparawan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parawant | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parawane | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Porowan
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