Pournia Surname

635,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pournia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pournia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran4431:173,32414,583
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Greece101:1,107,97984,839
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Pournia Last Name Facts

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

Pournia is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pournia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 635,252nd most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,182,387 people. The surname Pournia occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Pournia live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

Pournia is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 443 people, or 1 in 173,324. In Iran it is most common in: Gilan Province, where 16 percent live, Tehran Province, where 15 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Iran this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and Greece, where 2 percent live.

Pournia Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pournia surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Pournia earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $47,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pournias9333/
Pornia92627/
Purnia92187/
Pourniaei8816/
Pourniaee881/
Pornias86429/
Paurnia8690/
Purnias8644/
Poornia861/
Purnnia861/
Pornjia861/
Purnaiya8011/
Pournyas801/
Pornea77737/
Parnia77206/
Purnea7726/
Pornya774/
Purgna772/
Pornha771/
Pournehad7512/
Pournyaei759/
Parniah7132/
Porngna711/
Porñias711/
Parniaz711/
Parnias711/
Purnayya6712/
Pijernia671/

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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 Pournia
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