Pourfalah Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Scotland

Pourfalah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pourfalah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran121:6,398,544138,820
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pourfalah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pourfalah is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pourfalah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Pourfalah reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 6,398,544. In Iran it is most common in: Yazd Province, where 92 percent live and Gilan Province, where 8 percent live. Beside Iran this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pourfallah9540/
Porfalah9450/
Pourfolah891/
Pourfollah8436/
Porfolah8259/
Pourfeileah801/
Pourfolad7840/
Porfollah782/
Pourfolai781/
Poorfoolad631/
Porfelio594/
Pierfolla561/

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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 Pourfalah
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