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

Porquin is held by more people in The Dominican Republic than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porquin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 942,947th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,214,194 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Porquin are found; 85 percent are found in Caribbean and 64 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean.

The surname Porquin is most commonly used in The Dominican Republic, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 58,943. Besides The Dominican Republic this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common 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 over time. 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 those holding the Porquin last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political 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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