Poirters Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Poirters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Poirters 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
Netherlands2521:67,01311,436
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

Poirters Last Name Facts

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

The surname Poirters occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poirters? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,003,904th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Poirters reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Poirters is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 67,013. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 85 percent live, South Holland, where 6 percent live and Utrecht, where 4 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live.

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
Porters93303/
Poorters88193/
Poerters8815/
Portiers882/
Porthers881/
Portersh881/
Portors80119/
Perters8029/
Parters803/
Parthers751/
Peerters751/
Prethers750/
Pretters750/
Pertors671/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Poirters
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis