Pourghasemi Surname

258,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pourghasemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pourghasemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,4851:51,7055,746
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pourghasemi (14) may also be a first name.

Pourghasemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pourghasemi is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pourghasemi? popularity and diffusion

Pourghasemi is the 258,906th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,797,594 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Pourghasemi live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Pourghasemi is also the 3,024,661st most numerous forename globally, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 1,485 people, or 1 in 51,705. In Iran Pourghasemi is primarily found in: Yazd Province, where 22 percent live, Gilan Province, where 16 percent live and Tehran Province, where 13 percent live. Besides Iran this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Pourghasemi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pourghasemi last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pourghasemi earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 7.85% more than the national average, earning $46,538 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.07% less than the national average, earning $35,736 CAD per year.

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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 Pourghasemi
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