Pörhö Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pörhö Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pörhö Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland621:88,6569,352
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Pörhö Last Name Facts

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

Pörhö occurs more in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pörhö? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,185,341st most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pörhö are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most common in Finland, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 88,656. In Finland Pörhö is most prevalent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 50 percent live, Lapland, where 31 percent live and Kainuu, where 11 percent live. Excluding Finland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 15 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pörö895/
Pörös8035/
Pörrö8023/
Pärhä6052/
Perhae558/
Parhoe551/
Parchoe5011/
Porchae5010/
Parchae502/
Peurheu501/
Pharoeh500/
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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 Pörhö
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