Porco is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Porco
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: Italian name focused in Calabria. Porchi the plural form is much rarer. We think of course a derogatory nickname related to pork, but it can also be a former Christian name (perhaps symbol of humility for Christians). The family name is very common in Sardinia in the form Porcu, also present in Corsica. Variant Neapolitan: Puorco.

How popular is Porco?

Porco is common in Argentina.

Porco is ranked 84587 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Porcos plummeted by 19.95662 per cent to 738 since 2000 and slipped by 6162 spots and ranked at 31383. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.04 94.14
Hispanic or Latino 5.56 3.8
Porco is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bolivia is ahead in terms of density. Around 5136 people have been found who wears Porco as their family name. Porco is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
90,215 Germany3
14,521 Portugal2
38,841 Scotland1
81,201 Switzerland1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
49,529 Israel1
10,683 Cyprus1
34,581 Chile1
174,544 Czech Republic1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,109 Spain39
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Porco:
1,552 Bolivia730
6,350 Canada673
19,176 Italy537
5,205 Venezuela326
47,291 Brazil223
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Porco:
24,872 United States1,239
4,441 Argentina1,165
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Farmer Agnesi Porco from Italy aboard the Utopia from Naples. She is registered to be 2 years old when she arrived in USA on February 15, 1889. 3 years old Alberto Porco, 17 years old Alessandro Porco, Alessandro Porco, aged 22, 11 years old Alfonso Porco, Andrea Porco, aged 24, Andrea Porco (30) Laborer, Andrea Porco (38) Country man, Peasant Ang.Raff. Porco, and 174 other Porco around 40.88% of whom were laborer while others worked as shoemaker and country man, peasant migrated to US from Genoa, Boulogne, Naples, Bordeaux, Unknown and Genoa & Naples.

Porco Namesakes

  • Carolyn Porco, Scientist
  • Carolyn Porco, Scientist
  • Carolyn Porco, Scientist
  • Johnathan Porco, Christopher Porco's brother
  • Linden Porco, Child actor
  • Filippo Porco, Soccer player
  • Carolyn Porco, Scientist
  • Carolyn Porco, Scientist
  • Carolyn Porco, Scientist

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