Porwol Surname

618,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Porwol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porwol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2901:277,60529,221
Poland1441:263,95032,677
France271:2,460,101186,232
England121:4,643,172139,951
Scotland81:669,22723,443
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Porwol Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porwol is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Porwol click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porwol? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 618,896th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Porwol reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 290 people, or 1 in 277,605. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 67 percent live, Bavaria, where 16 percent live and Brandenburg, where 4 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 29 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porwoll92337/
Porwotl921/
Porwal838,172/
Porwoł831,069/
Porvol835/
Porwul831/
Porwolová803/
Porwall7711/
Pourvol779/
Poorwal778/
Parwoll773/
Pourwal772/
Porwaal771/
Porvoll770/
Pourvgol711/
Pourzwal711/
Porval674,514/
Parwal67916/
Purwal6794/
Parbol6756/
Perwal6741/
Porwał6736/
Parvol6729/
Porbal6728/
Porvolová677/
Porwół671/
Parwoł671/

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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 Porwol
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