Pförtner Surname
Approximately 1,440 people bear this surname
Pförtner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,350 | 1:59,634 | 7,693 |
| Austria | 45 | 1:189,232 | 24,045 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1:426,795 | 28,704 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 49 | 1:1,024,871 | 60,160 |
The alternate forms: Pfortner (334) are calculated separately.
Pförtner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pförtner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pförtner is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Pfortner. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pförtner? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 270,744th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,060,796 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pförtner live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Pförtner is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,350 people, or 1 in 59,634. In Germany Pförtner is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 31 percent live, Bavaria, where 15 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live. Not including Germany it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 3 percent live and Hungary, where 2 percent live.
Pförtner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pförtner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pförtner last name decreased 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfortner | 96 | 334 | / |
| Pfördtner | 94 | 3 | / |
| Pörtner | 93 | 1,495 | / |
| Förtner | 93 | 46 | / |
| Pfertner | 88 | 112 | / |
| Förthner | 88 | 60 | / |
| Pförtnerová | 84 | 18 | / |
| Pfoertner | 82 | 120 | / |
| Pfeertner | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fortner | 80 | 15,768 | / |
| Portner | 80 | 3,309 | / |
| Partner | 80 | 620 | / |
| Fertner | 80 | 177 | / |
| Pertner | 80 | 107 | / |
| Fartner | 80 | 5 | / |
| Poertner | 75 | 587 | / |
| Forthner | 75 | 25 | / |
| Fordtner | 75 | 12 | / |
| Parthner | 75 | 3 | / |
| Portnier | 75 | 2 | / |
| Foertner | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fortnner | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fortneer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fortnier | 75 | 1 | / |
| Paertner | 75 | 0 | / |
| Forttner | 75 | 0 | / |
| Farthner | 75 | 0 | / |
| Partne | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fortne | 71 | 2 | / |
| D'Fortner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fortenner | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fortney | 67 | 6,696 | / |
| Partney | 67 | 552 | / |
| Portney | 67 | 433 | / |
| Vertner | 67 | 190 | / |
| Fertney | 67 | 8 | / |
| Vortner | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vartner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fortnei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Perrtne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fortnie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fortnir | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fartney | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pertney | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pförtner
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