Porwich Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Porwich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porwich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1741:218,44128,573
Germany561:1,437,59788,094
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Porwich Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porwich is borne by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porwich? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,011,991st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name Porwich occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Porwich live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Poland, where it is held by 174 people, or 1 in 218,441. Beside Poland this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Porwich Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Porwich surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Porwich earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.43% more than the national average, earning $58,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perwich8626/
Porvich8616/
Porwicz862/
Porvic772/
Porwis771/
Porwisz71279/
Porvichová7113/
Parwish719/
Pervich717/
Porwitz716/
Parwicz716/
Purvich713/
Porwitt712/
Parvich712/
Porwait711/
Porui673,003/
Parwi67140/
Porwa6729/
Porwe679/
Porvi676/
Parwaish672/
Porbi671/
Poorvish671/
Poruhith671/

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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 Porwich
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