Porter Forename

92,859th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,292 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Porter Forename Definition:

A Latin name, meaning: Keeper of the gate.

Porter Forename Distribution

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
5,0621:71,6193,561
Canada
100%
471:704,96516,240
Australia-311:440,5687,424
Nigeria
 
58%
271:6,576,45889,301
China-151:91,070,38564,310
England
68%
 
151:3,706,86137,754
Russia
100%
131:11,094,90040,853
India
62%
 
111:110,443,4521,441,921
Thailand
92%
 
91:7,785,090119,233
Zambia-71:2,264,97121,963
Brazil-61:35,706,026284,222
Zimbabwe
100%
41:3,855,95474,439
Philippines
100%
41:26,502,369280,915
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
France-31:22,156,78046,973
Mexico-31:41,381,47674,307
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Taiwan
100%
21:11,884,841132,786
Bahamas-21:199,6852,758
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Belgium-21:5,745,02030,381
Cook Islands-21:9,0761,075
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
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Porter (295,388) may also be a surname.

Porter Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Latin name, meaning: Keeper of the gate.

— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Porter Forename Popularity

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Porter Demographics

Average Male Porter Height

177.01 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 103 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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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
ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portier9214/
Poorter924/
Porteur924/
Portter923/
Portere922/
Porther921/
Portert921/
Phorter921/
Porte91189/
Poortere8613/
Perter83228/
Portes8364/
Portee8324/
Portea8323/
Portie8316/
Parter8314/
Portez836/
Porthe835/
Portet834/
Poorte833/
Portir833/
Pforte832/
Portey832/
Ported831/
Porteh831/
Portre831/
Pohrte831/
Pourte831/
Portesh7710/
Portieh773/
Porthea773/
Parther773/
Pertter772/
Pertier772/
Perther772/
Portiea772/
Purther772/
Purtier772/
Portech771/
Phortes771/
Partier771/
Poortje771/
Porthee771/
Portões771/
Portirp771/
Porta731,099/
Porti73281/
Parte73231/
Porty7325/
Parterre712/
Purthert711/
Poirette711/
Portio671,131/
Poorti67618/
Portis6763/
Partee6761/
Parthe6749/
Partei6748/
Partie6730/
Partez6728/
Partes6722/
Portha6720/
Porthi6718/
Partey6716/
Portti6712/
Phorti6711/
Phorty6711/
Portta6711/
Partep6710/
Phorta679/
Partej679/
Parteh678/
Partte677/
Poorta675/
Portiz675/
Patrte674/
Portip674/
Portty673/
Porthy673/
Pourta672/
Partet672/
Portai672/
Purtir671/
Pertir671/
Parted671/
Partir671/
Poorty671/
Portay671/
Portit671/
Portyo671/
Portyy671/
Potrti671/
Pourti671/
Pharte671/
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Porter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porter in the Russian language
Портерporter-

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Footnotes

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  • 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 Porter