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
Poortenaar is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poortenaar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Poortenaar is the 2,506,728th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Poortenaar is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Poortenaar are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 456,410. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Utrecht, where 30 percent reside, Friesland, where 27 percent reside and North Holland, where 27 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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
- 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 Poortenaar
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