Poorteman Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Poorteman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 73 | 1:157,488 | 21,805 |
| France | 71 | 1:935,531 | 107,040 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Poorteman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poorteman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poorteman occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Poorteman click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poorteman? popularity and diffusion
Poorteman is the 1,465,390th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Poorteman reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Poorteman is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 157,488. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 64 percent are found, Flemish Region, where 34 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Belgium Poorteman exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 49 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Poorteman
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