Pörsti Surname

1,052,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pörsti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pörsti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland2291:24,0033,302
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Porsti (3) are calculated separately.

Pörsti Last Name Facts

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

Pörsti is found most in Finland. It may be rendered as a variant: Porsti. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pörsti? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,052,587th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. The last name Pörsti is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pörsti are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Pörsti is most numerous in Finland, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 24,003. In Finland Pörsti is most prevalent in: Satakunta, where 43 percent live, Uusimaa, where 21 percent live and Pirkanmaa, where 10 percent live. Beside Finland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 3 percent live and Hungary, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porsti943/
Persti832/
Parstai771/
Parste672/
Persty671/
Perste670/
Parsthe621/
Peerstøe572/
Parshteh571/

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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 Pörsti
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