Powor Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Powor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Powor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Powor Last Name Facts

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

Powor is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Powor? popularity and diffusion

Powor is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Powor live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Powor is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia Powor is mostly found in: Papua, where 100 percent live. Other than Indonesia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pohwor914/
Phohwor831/
Powar8054,321/
Pobor80215/
Povor8062/
Pawor8035/
Pewor8015/
Puwor807/
Posworth770/
Pavoor73122/
Poovar7386/
Powaar7354/
Poware7317/
Povoor737/
Poowar737/
Powasr732/
Ppowar732/
Powart731/
Povore731/
Pawuor731/
Poobar731/
Puworr731/
Powarr731/
Poevor730/
Pouvoir675/
Pawoure674/
Povhore671/
Pohhwar671/
Phoward671/
Poiward670/

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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 Powor
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