Poroya Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Poroya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Poroya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poroya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poroya occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Poroya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poroya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Poroya is primarily found in Oceania, where 64 percent of Poroya live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Hela, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Poroya
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