Porphire Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Porphire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Porphire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porphire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porphire is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Porphire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porphire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Porphire is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Porphire are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Porphire is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 5,535,227. In France it is most numerous in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 75 percent live and Île-de-France, where 25 percent live. Other than France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritius, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porphirea | 94 | 1 | / |
| Porphir | 93 | 22 | / |
| Porphyre | 88 | 151 | / |
| Pourpire | 88 | 73 | / |
| Porpires | 88 | 4 | / |
| Porphirio | 82 | 533 | / |
| Porfire | 80 | 397 | / |
| Pourpre | 80 | 54 | / |
| Purpire | 80 | 52 | / |
| Porpare | 80 | 14 | / |
| Porpira | 80 | 1 | / |
| Poorpir | 80 | 1 | / |
| Porpier | 80 | 0 | / |
| Porfires | 75 | 2 | / |
| Porpirio | 75 | 2 | / |
| Porphyra | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porfirea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porfhira | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pourpiri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porfir | 71 | 257 | / |
| Porper | 71 | 120 | / |
| Porphyrio | 71 | 40 | / |
| Porpirova | 71 | 27 | / |
| Porfhirio | 71 | 14 | / |
| Parpre | 71 | 11 | / |
| Purphirio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porpairio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porfiri | 67 | 2,422 | / |
| Perpere | 67 | 191 | / |
| Perpiri | 67 | 80 | / |
| Porfira | 67 | 11 | / |
| Perpère | 67 | 5 | / |
| Parpira | 67 | 3 | / |
| Parpere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pourper | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pourfehrej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parpère | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parpiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parpier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parpure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porfere | 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 Porphire
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