Bortu Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Bortu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 62 | 1:71,105 | 6,042 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Bortu (14) may also be a first name.
Bortu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bortu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bortu (Russian: Борту) is most common in Liberia. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bortu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,136,387th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Bortu reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Bortu is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name globally, borne by 14 people.
The surname Bortu is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 71,105. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 84 percent are found, Grand Kru County, where 11 percent are found and Bong County, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bortu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bortu in the Russian language | ||
| Борту | bortu | - |
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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 Bortu
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