Pourkian Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Pourkian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 210 | 1:365,631 | 24,112 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Pourkian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pourkian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pourkian is found most in Iran. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pourkian? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,129,067th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname Pourkian is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Pourkian are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Pourkian is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 365,631. In Iran it is most common in: Khuzestan Province, where 32 percent reside, East Azerbaijan Province, where 16 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Iran Pourkian exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Pourkian
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