Porss Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Porss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Sweden121:820,56361,223
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Porss Last Name Facts

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

Porss is found most frequently in Estonia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porss? popularity and diffusion

The last name Porss is the 3,274,477th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Porss occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Porss live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 39 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Porss is most widely held in Estonia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 110,150. Barring Estonia Porss occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Porss Last Name Statistics demography

Porss earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $40,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porsse914/
Pors891,681/
Porst80950/
Porse80341/
Purss80257/
Porsh80231/
Pours8099/
Porsz8032/
Parss8020/
Pärss8018/
Perss8016/
Poors8016/
Phors8010/
Poers809/
Porrs804/
Potrs803/
Poirs800/
Pohrs800/
Puors800/
Porsch733,411/
Porshe73231/
Poursh73142/
Porszt7330/
Pourse733/
Parssd732/
Phorse731/
Poitrs731/
Bporse731/
Pursse731/
Pforst731/
Phorst730/
Porsth730/
Parsse730/
Pharss730/
Pourrs730/
Pars673,087/
Pers672,708/
Porsche671,748/
Poersch671,371/
Porš67152/
Porsova6766/
Pärs6762/
Pörs6759/
Purs6756/
Perssch671/
Pérs671/
Porsová671/
Porx671/
Poursch670/

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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 Porss
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