Porquin Surname

942,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 278 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Porquin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porquin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic1771:58,9432,908
Haiti591:181,0837,134
United States421:8,629,975373,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Porquin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porquin occurs in The Dominican Republic more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porquin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 942,947th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Porquin live; 85 percent live in Caribbean and 64 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.

The surname Porquin is most common in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 58,943. Other than The Dominican Republic this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Porquin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Porquin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Porquin surname expanded 840 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Porquin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Porquin are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Porquin earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.56% less than the national average, earning $32,120 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perquin86806/
Parquin8655/
Porkin77125/
Porcin7766/
Perqin771/
Pourcin71256/
Porkina7161/
Porchin714/
Porguen711/
Parqwin711/
Porkien711/
Parquim711/
Parguin710/
Pourchin6718/

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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 Porquin
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