Pours Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pours Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pours Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran971:791,57239,767
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Pours Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pours is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pours click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pours? popularity and diffusion

Pours is the 1,860,621st most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Pours is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Pours are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 791,572. In Iran Pours is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 42 percent reside, Gilan Province, where 22 percent reside and East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Pours Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pours has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pours surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poursh91142/
Pourse913/
Pouers911/
Pourrs910/
Pors891,681/
Purs8956/
Payours835/
Pouerse832/
Poursch830/
Purse801,624/
Porst80950/
Porse80341/
Purss80257/
Porsh80231/
Puers8092/
Pursh8087/
Paurs8053/
Porss8036/
Porsz8032/
Poors8016/
Phors8010/
Poers809/
Porrs804/
Potrs803/
Purst802/
Peurs801/
Purrs801/
Puors800/
Pohrs800/
Poirs800/
Powers73133,290/
Porsch733,411/
Pursch73692/
Porshe73231/
Pauers73123/
Porszt7330/
Pourch7316/
Poyers737/
Payors735/
Porsse734/
Purshe732/
Paurst732/
Payurs732/
Bporse731/
Pujors731/
Phorse731/
Pforst731/
Pursse731/
Paursh731/
Pojors731/
Poitrs731/
Peurse731/
Phorst730/
Porsth730/
Pource730/
Pars673,087/
Porsche671,748/
Poersch671,371/
Pursche671,175/
Porš67152/
Porsova6766/
Purš6758/
Puhrsch6715/
Pursova6712/
Payorse677/
Pourche673/
Powerss672/
Porsová671/
Porx671/
Pauwers671/
Poweers671/
Powerrs671/
Powersj671/
Bpowers671/
Power's671/
Pourdje671/
Ppowers670/
Purscht670/

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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 Pours
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