de Portela Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

de Portela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Portela 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
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080

de Portela Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Portela is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. de Portela occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of de Portela are found; 79 percent are found in South America and 79 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name de Portela is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Alagoas, where 36 percent are found, Bahia, where 9 percent are found and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent are found. Beside Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cape Verde, where 7 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 7 percent are found.

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 Portella954/
Deportela951/
da Portela901/
di Portella862/
de Portal8432/
do O Portela823/
de Pourtal804/
do Portelo801/
de Borteli801/
Deportal781/
de Portilho7611/
de Bortol7460/
Du Portal7412/
de Pradel746/
Deborteli741/
de Bortli741/
de Puerta La731/
de Bortoli709,053/
de Bortolo70240/
de Bortole7051/
di Pratula7028/
de Bertola7010/
de Bartelo705/
de Bartola704/
di Prátula703/
de Bortolu701/
Du Portail701/
de Bortuli701/
Duportal67266/
de Bortolli67236/
de Barutell6735/
de Breteuil6715/
de Borttoli676/
Debortol672/
de Bortolle672/
Depradel672/
de Bordolai671/
de Bertelli671/
Departly671/
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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 Portela
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