Porchia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Porchia.

Proper noun

Porchia (plural Porchias)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Porchia is the 30735^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 758 individuals. Porchia is most common among Black/African American (78.76%) and White (14.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Porchia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porcula (“female piglet”).

Proper noun

Porchia m or f by sense

1. a surname