Porphyre Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Porphyre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porphyre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France681:976,805110,007
Mauritius551:23,5174,778
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Porphyre Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porphyre is found most frequently in France. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Porphyre click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porphyre? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,428,594th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname Porphyre is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Porphyre reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Porphyre is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 976,805. In France Porphyre is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 74 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 3 percent live. Outside of France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 36 percent live and Belgium, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porphire8820/
Porphyra881/
Porphyrio8240/
Porphirea821/
Pourpre8054/
Porphir8022/
Pourpire7573/
Porpires754/
Porphirio71533/
Porper71120/
Parpre7111/
Porfire67397/
Porfyri67243/
Purpire6752/
Parpere672/
Pourper672/
Porfere671/
Poorpir671/
Pourfehrej671/
Porpira671/
Parpère671/
Parpyra671/
Purpyra671/
Porpier670/

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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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