Porchia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Porchia.
Proper noun
Porchia (plural Porchias)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Porchia is the 30735th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin porcula (“female piglet”).
Proper noun
Porchia m or f by sense
- a surname