Porphyre Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Porphyre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Mauritius | 55 | 1:23,517 | 4,778 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Porphyre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porphyre Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porphyre occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porphyre? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,428,594th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname Porphyre is predominantly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Porphyre are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Porphyre is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 976,805. In France Porphyre is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 74 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 13 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 3 percent are found. Apart from France this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 36 percent are found and Belgium, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porphire | 88 | 20 | / |
| Porphyra | 88 | 1 | / |
| Porphyrio | 82 | 40 | / |
| Porphirea | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pourpre | 80 | 54 | / |
| Porphir | 80 | 22 | / |
| Pourpire | 75 | 73 | / |
| Porpires | 75 | 4 | / |
| Porphirio | 71 | 533 | / |
| Porper | 71 | 120 | / |
| Parpre | 71 | 11 | / |
| Porfire | 67 | 397 | / |
| Porfyri | 67 | 243 | / |
| Purpire | 67 | 52 | / |
| Parpere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pourper | 67 | 2 | / |
| Porfere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poorpir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pourfehrej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porpira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parpère | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parpyra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Purpyra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porpier | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Porphyre
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