Poorten Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Poorten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poorten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany821:981,77468,040
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Netherlands361:469,08846,010
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Poorten Last Name Facts

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

Poorten is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poorten? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,239,697th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Poorten live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 981,774. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent reside and Berlin, where 1 percent reside. Barring Germany Poorten exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 35 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 19 percent reside.

Poorten Last Name Statistics demography

Poorten earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.71% less than the national average, earning $30,331 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porten921,929/
Porthen86291/
Porteen8611/
Pforten869/
Portten869/
Portien861/
Portenn860/
Pfordten8024/
Poorting802/
Parten771,909/
Portin771,150/
Portem77689/
Portén7725/
Purten776/
Pürten772/
Portenova751/
Porting71173/
Parthen7161/
Portina7141/
Porthén7136/
Pourtin7123/
Portion7119/
Porttin719/
Porthin719/
Portuin711/
Partent711/
Partaen710/
Partten710/
Portnova678,651/
Partheen6712/
Partn677/
Portnowa672/
Purtn671/

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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 Poorten
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