Poursin Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Poursin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poursin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2711:245,10237,912
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Poursin Last Name Facts

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

Poursin is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Poursin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 948,111th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname Poursin occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Poursin live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most widespread in France, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 245,102. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 43 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 28 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 15 percent are found. Outside of France this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in French Polynesia, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pourssin931/
Porsin92301/
Pursin9220/
Porshin86423/
Pourcin86256/
Porsing8646/
Pourzin8619/
Purshin869/
Pursing865/
Poirsin863/
Phorsin861/
Poursim861/
Pourjin861/
Pursn831/
Porsn831/
Porshina80563/
Porsinck8031/
Pourchin8018/
Purshina8018/
Pursingh804/
Purscina801/
Purssina801/
Phursing801/
Phorsing801/
Purgin771,148/
Parsin77423/
Porcin7766/
Pursen7729/
Porgin778/
Porsén777/
Porsyn774/
Porsim772/
Porzin771/
Porsne771/
Porsen771/
Purcin770/
Porschien7551/
Payurshin755/
Porsching753/
Powersing751/
Pursinova751/
Parshin7116,934/
Porcina71272/
Purcina71118/
Porshen7191/
Parsing7164/
Pourzim7129/
Purchin7118/
Porshyn7115/
Payurshina7114/
Pursent719/
Porseng717/
Piersin716/
Porchin714/
Porsyna713/
Purshen713/
Parsien712/
Powersingh711/
Porsent711/
Peursen711/
Porschn711/
Porcing711/
Pearsin711/
Pairsin711/
Paursen710/
Pharsin710/
Purssen710/
Peirsin710/
Parshina6716,282/
Porschen67957/
Pourjent6786/
Pyershin6782/
Parsingh6748/
Parschin6747/
Porshyna6718/
Porsseng677/
Paershin675/
Pearshin672/
Parscina672/
Parssion672/
Parsn671/
Purshyna671/
Porsehen671/
Pearssin671/
Pairsien671/
Peurssen671/
Porszeng671/
Parshion670/

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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 Poursin
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