Poertner Surname

545,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 587 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Poertner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poertner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5061:716,32256,419
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
France41:16,605,680368,153
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Poertner Last Name Facts

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

Poertner is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poertner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 545,543rd most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 12,414,899 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Poertner are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 716,322. In The United States Poertner is most frequent in: Missouri, where 42 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 8 percent live. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Poertner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Poertner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Poertner surname increased 755 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Poertner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Poertner surname are 29.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.58% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Poertner earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 16.45% more than the national average, earning $50,247 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.93% more than the national average, earning $67,534 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfoertner94120/
Poetrtner940/
Portner933,309/
Pertner93107/
Pfortner88334/
Pfertner88112/
Piertner882/
Portnier882/
Poertney881/
Paertner880/
Pfeertner821/
Pörtner801,495/
Partner80620/
Purtner801/
Pförtner751,440/
Pürthner7520/
Pfürtner757/
Parthner753/
Purttner750/
Pfördtner713/
Pförtnerová6318/

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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 Poertner
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