Pourafshar Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Pourafshar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 324 | 1:236,983 | 18,221 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Pourafshar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pourafshar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pourafshar is most common in Iran. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pourafshar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 841,044th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pourafshar reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 236,983. In Iran it is mostly found in: Khuzestan Province, where 19 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 16 percent are found and West Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pourafshari | 95 | 3 | / |
| Pourafshary | 95 | 1 | / |
| Pourafshard | 95 | 1 | / |
| Porafshar | 95 | 1 | / |
| Poorafshar | 90 | 2 | / |
| Pourfshahr | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pirafshar | 84 | 1 | / |
| Porphshar | 74 | 1 | / |
| Brafshear | 74 | 0 | / |
| Parafshord | 70 | 1 | / |
| Puravşar | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pravesharay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burfisher | 63 | 22 | / |
| Prveshr | 59 | 1 | / |
| Peer Fisher | 57 | 3 | / |
| Pravesh Ray | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bauer-Fisher | 55 | 1 | / |
| Byraveshwari | 55 | 1 | / |
| Bierfisher | 50 | 1 | / |
| Peeraphatchara | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pourafshar
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