Porowski Surname

204,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,031 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Porowski Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porowski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1,6761:22,6783,427
United States2471:1,467,445100,382
Canada791:466,40040,200
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Porowski Last Name Facts

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

Porowski occurs more in Poland more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Porowski click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porowski? popularity and diffusion

Porowski is the 204,545th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,588,157 people. The last name Porowski occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Porowski live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Poland, where it is borne by 1,676 people, or 1 in 22,678. Aside from Poland Porowski exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Porowski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Porowski are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Porowski earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.67% less than the national average, earning 226,093 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.2% more than the national average, earning $50,138 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.68% more than the national average, earning $66,913 CAD per year.

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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 Porowski
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