de Poorter Surname

180,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Poorter Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), the Citizen or Burgher.

de Poorter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,5211:7,5591,030
Netherlands6201:27,2374,457
France1701:390,72257,689
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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de Poorter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), the Citizen or Burgher.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
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de Poorter Demographics

Average de Poorter Salary in
United States

$48,125 USD

Per year
Rank:
460,121 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
1.69285E-6
Rank: 993,969 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
111.53%
Sample size: 3 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Poorter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Poorter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Poorter is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Poorter? popularity and diffusion

de Poorter is the 180,558th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,087,943 people. The surname de Poorter is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of de Poorter live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 1,521 people, or 1 in 7,559. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 3 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Belgium this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 26 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

de Poorter Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Poorter earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.46% less than the national average, earning $42,995 CAD per year.

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
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Poortere95722/
de Porter9525/
de Poorte9522/
De-Poorter902/
de Portier901/
de Portere901/
de Portter901/
des Porter901/
de Porte8920/
De-Poortere862/
de Poortère861/
de Portes8417/
da Porter842/
De-Porter841/
des Portes8027/
de Porti7819/
de Porta7817/
de Parte783/
de Partee748/
de Portis741/
da Porta6737/
di Parte671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Poorter
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