Porvaz Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Porvaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Porváz (1) are calculated separately.
Porvaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porvaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Porvaz is found most in Slovakia. It may be rendered as: Porváz. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porvaz? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Porvaz are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Porvaz is most widely held in Slovakia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 762,350. In Slovakia Porvaz is most common in: Košice Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Slovakia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Porvaz
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