Pourgholam Surname

210,655th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,959 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pourgholam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pourgholam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,9521:39,3354,608
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pourgholam (34) may also be a first name.

Pourgholam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pourgholam is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pourgholam.

How Common Is The Last Name Pourgholam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 210,655th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,720,034 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pourgholam live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Pourgholam is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 34 people.

This last name is most common in Iran, where it is held by 1,952 people, or 1 in 39,335. In Iran Pourgholam is most prevalent in: Kerman Province, where 18 percent reside, Gilan Province, where 16 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Iran this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porgholam951/
Purgholam951/
Pourghalam9071/
Poorgholam903/
Purgolan781/
Pourghalian761/
Parghalam7428/
Piergolam7410/
Pourgalian702/
Paringalam604/
Pargaulan5396/
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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 Pourgholam
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