Porwell Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Porwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Porwell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porwell is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porwell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Porwell is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Porwell are found; 78 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 67 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 16,873,037. In The Philippines Porwell is primarily concentrated in: Cagayan Valley, where 83 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 17 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 11 percent reside and Malaysia, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porwel9227/
Parwell8612/
Purwell860/
Parzwell802/
Parwelle800/
Perwel7735/
Purwel7712/
Parwel774/
Poruel771/
Porbel771/
Purwiel7119/
Porrbel711/
Parweel711/
Parbell711/
Paruell710/
Parwl672/
Peerweel671/
Parbel62121/
Puruel6287/
Peruel6285/
Porvle620/
Perruel5753/
Pourbil571/
Parvl502/

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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 Porwell
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