Porwit Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Porwit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porwit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland3111:122,21518,149
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Porwit Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porwit is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porwit? popularity and diffusion

The last name Porwit is the 728,955th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. The surname Porwit is primarily found in Europe, where 89 percent of Porwit live; 78 percent live in Eastern Europe and 78 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is held by 311 people, or 1 in 122,215. Without taking into account Poland this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Porwit Last Name Statistics demography

Porwit earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porwitt922/
Porwait921/
Parwit8327/
Porwet8326/
Purwit8310/
Porbit831/
Perwitt7714/
Parwite7713/
Porbeit771/
Parwith770/
Poruhith711/
Paruit67166/
Peruit674/
Parvit674/
Porvet672/
Parwet672/
Porvyt671/
Porbet670/
Pervit670/

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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 Porwit
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