Porr Surname

334,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Porr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5221:694,36654,999
Germany4381:183,80221,451
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
England61:9,286,343223,652
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1411:356,16127,153

Porr (29) may also be a first name.

Porr Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porr (Russian: Порр) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porr? popularity and diffusion

Porr is the 334,183rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 6,595,064 people. The last name Porr is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Porr are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name on earth, held by 29 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 694,366. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 24 percent reside, New York, where 18 percent reside and New Jersey, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 40 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Porr Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Porr has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Porr last name grew 370 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Porr Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Porr surname are 31.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.45% registered with the party.

The amount Porr earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $45,789 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.89% more than the national average, earning $58,076 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pforr891,242/
Pourr89565/
Porre89544/
Poerr891/
Poorr891/
Phorr891/
Por8614,952/
Pourre80925/
Puorre8023/
Poirre807/
Poorre801/
Pour75373,958/
Parr7545,564/
Pore7520,000/
Port7514,701/
Poor758,666/
Porh751,091/
Poer75960/
Purr75621/
Phor75371/
Porz75357/
Pohr75110/
Pord7565/
Poir7536/
Puor7519/
Porp7519/
Ppor7512/
Bpor7512/
Potr754/
Párr752/
Poyr751/
Posr751/
Poore6712,623/
Pharr674,954/
Parre673,812/
Pfarr672,524/
Poort672,189/
Purre672,173/
Phorh672,111/
Poire671,978/
Poure67938/
Phore67893/
Pfurr67164/
Portt67151/
Pohre67150/
Pourd67140/
Poehr6777/
Pfort6759/
Potrz6751/
Pourz6747/
Pohrt6747/
Phour6743/
Phoor6726/
Pourp6718/
Porhe6716/
Pottr6714/
Pourh679/
Hpour678/
Pourt676/
Pfoor676/
Phosr676/
Phuor675/
Phoer675/
Phohr674/
Phorp674/
Parrt674/
Phord674/
Posre674/
Pfour673/
Poosr672/
Poohr672/
Poorh672/
Pahrr672/
Parrd672/
Parrh672/
Pojre672/
Pordt671/
Paurr671/
Porht671/
Phorë671/
Ppore671/
Porph671/
Pford671/
Bpore671/
Phort671/
Bpour671/
Bpoor671/
Hparr671/
Patrr671/
Pfoer671/
Pohur671/
Porëe671/
Ppoer671/
Hpoor671/
Pfohr670/
Poysr670/
Phurr670/

Porr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porr in the Russian language
Поррporr-

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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 Porr
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