Pourian Surname

101,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pourian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pourian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran4,5211:16,9842,202
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
England111:5,065,278148,650
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Pourian (163) may also be a first name.

Pourian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pourian is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pourian? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 101,715th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,570,592 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Pourian are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 717,791st most common first name world-wide, held by 163 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 4,521 people, or 1 in 16,984. In Iran Pourian is most prevalent in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 17 percent live, Lorestan Province, where 15 percent live and Tehran Province, where 14 percent live. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Pourian Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pourian surname are 0.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pourian earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 9.12% less than the national average, earning $39,215 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.15% more than the national average, earning $69,134 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 Pourian
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