de Poortere Surname
Approximately 722 people bear this surname
de Poortere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 600 | 1:19,161 | 2,952 |
| France | 83 | 1:800,274 | 96,515 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: de Poortère (1) are calculated separately.
de Poortere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name de Poortere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name de Poortere is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: de Poortère. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name de Poortere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 466,165th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. The last name de Poortere occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of de Poortere are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 600 people, or 1 in 19,161. In Belgium de Poortere is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 10 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.
de Poortere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of de Poortere has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| de Poortère | 97 | 1 | / |
| de Poorter | 95 | 2,360 | / |
| de Portere | 95 | 1 | / |
| De-Poortere | 91 | 2 | / |
| de Porter | 90 | 25 | / |
| De-Poorter | 86 | 2 | / |
| des Porter | 86 | 1 | / |
| de Portter | 86 | 1 | / |
| de Portier | 86 | 1 | / |
| da Porter | 80 | 2 | / |
| De-Porter | 80 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 de Poortere
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