Porus Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Haiti

Porus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:9,538,393399,091
India221:34,866,608408,224
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Haiti91:1,187,10112,579
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Poruș (53) are calculated separately.

Porus (427) may also be a first name.

Porus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porus (Hindi: पोरूस, Marathi: पोरस, Russian: Порус) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant: Poruș. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,551,568th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Porus reside; 30 percent reside in North America and 30 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Porus is also the 415,584th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 427 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 9,538,393. In The United States Porus is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 21 percent are found, New Jersey, where 21 percent are found and California, where 16 percent are found. Besides The United States Porus exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.

Porus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Porus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Porus surname increased 1,267 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Porus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Porus surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Porus earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 39.15% more than the national average, earning $60,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poruș9353/
Potrus91132/
Porush91119/
Porrus914/
Porous911/
Pourus911/
Poruis911/
Porgus910/
Poruss910/
Poru89348/
Pourush83173/
Pohrush839/
Potrous835/
Poirous831/
Porusst830/
Porui803,003/
Porru802,851/
Potru802,589/
Parus802,466/
Poros801,859/
Perus80990/
Pouru80321/
Purus80296/
Porup80120/
Porut80109/
Porou80106/
Porau8072/
Pärus8051/
Pooru8029/
Pérus8012/
Poruy809/
Posru807/
Phoru802/
Poruț802/
Porud801/
Poruc801/
Poreu801/
Porgu800/
Pouroush777/
Porusova772/
Porosh734,610/
Pourou73891/
Patrus73820/
Pereus73794/
Putrus73590/
Paurus73448/
Parush73284/
Pouros73279/
Purush73181/
Peraus73144/
Perrus73125/
Porros7395/
Perhus7385/
Purgus7370/
Pourau7340/
Pottru7334/
Parous7331/
Porosz7328/
Peurus7325/
Paruys7322/
Poirou7317/
Paruss7317/
Poroes7315/
Porrou7313/
Parrus7310/
Puruis739/
Pharus738/
Pareus737/
Paruse737/
Perush736/
Phorut735/
Pothru734/
Porgou734/
Pătrus734/
Porhui734/
Potrru733/
Purhus733/
Poraux733/
Poroux733/
Poruch732/
Puraus732/
Peruss732/
Poruha732/
Puruse731/
Potruu731/
Poorru731/
Pourru731/
Poyruz731/
Peruhs731/
Pargus731/
Peruis731/
Paruis731/
Perusz731/
Poyros731/
Poureu731/
Potrau731/
Potrut731/
Pherus731/
Pehrus731/
Potrud730/
Phorutshe714/
Pourhoush712/
Pourousse711/
Paru673,988/
Poiraud671,522/
Poiroux67551/
Paurush67254/
Patraus67201/
Pourrut67120/
Purushe67110/
Paroush6799/
Poiroud6797/
Potruch6759/
Phareus6755/
Perusch6750/
Poirout6739/
Patreus6739/
Pourosh6736/
Pouraud6733/
Poyroux6733/
Parushh6732/
Parouse6728/
Purhush6717/
Puttrus6716/
Parrous6715/
Pharous6714/
Putrous6713/
Pohrosh6712/
Purgaus678/
Põru678/
Patrush676/
Parusch676/
Peuraus676/
Pathrus675/
Poroosh674/
Patrous674/
Purguss674/
Putruss673/
Poottru673/
Parushe673/
Patruss673/
Parhusp672/
Pothrui671/
Potthru671/
Patruus671/
Purruss671/
Purutse671/
Putrush671/
Pouroux671/
Poró671/
Pattrus671/
Pargaus671/
Photrup671/
Poiraux671/
Putreus671/
Poureux671/
Peutrus671/
Ppourou671/
Phatrus671/
Purrhus671/
Parusse671/
Parause670/
Porroud670/
Pottrud670/

Porus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porus in the Marathi language
पोरसporasa76.54
पोरुसporusa13.58
पोरूसporusa8.64
Porus in the Hindi language
पोरूसporusa57.14
पोरसporasa28.57
पौरुषpaurusa14.29
Porus in the Russian language
Порусporus-

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