Poorthuis Surname
Approximately 553 people bear this surname
Poorthuis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 432 | 1:39,091 | 6,610 |
| Germany | 98 | 1:821,484 | 59,964 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Poorthuis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poorthuis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poorthuis is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Poorthuis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 570,540th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,178,202 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Poorthuis live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Poorthuis is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 432 people, or 1 in 39,091. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 73 percent reside, Utrecht, where 9 percent reside and North Holland, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 18 percent reside and Denmark, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Poorthuis
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