Poortenaar Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Poortenaar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poortenaar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poortenaar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poortenaar occurs most in The Netherlands. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Poortenaar.
How Common Is The Last Name Poortenaar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poortenaar is the 2,506,728th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. Poortenaar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Poortenaar reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 456,410. In The Netherlands Poortenaar is primarily found in: Utrecht, where 30 percent reside, Friesland, where 27 percent reside and North Holland, where 27 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portenar | 89 | 5 | / |
| Portenart | 84 | 249 | / |
| Portenard | 84 | 42 | / |
| Partenaar | 84 | 1 | / |
| Portenear | 84 | 0 | / |
| Portenaërt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Porteneaur | 80 | 0 | / |
| Portenor | 78 | 2 | / |
| Porteneur | 74 | 8 | / |
| Portinare | 74 | 1 | / |
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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 Poortenaar
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