Poortman Surname

318,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Poortman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poortman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands9861:17,1272,659
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Thailand391:1,811,240225,763
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Belgium301:383,22141,070
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Norway81:642,78647,258
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Poortman Last Name Facts

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

Poortman is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Poortman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poortman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Poortman is the 318,950th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,212,742 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Poortman reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Poortman is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 986 people, or 1 in 17,127. In The Netherlands Poortman is most frequent in: Overijssel, where 29 percent reside, South Holland, where 13 percent reside and Gelderland, where 13 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands Poortman exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Thailand, where 3 percent reside.

Poortman Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Poortman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.29% more than the national average, earning 360,919 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 126.75% more than the national average, earning R 538,836 per year and in United States they earn 18.24% more than the national average, earning $51,020 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portman935,298/
Portmann888,843/
Portmank881/
Portmane881/
Portmain881/
Porthman881/
Porthmann821/
Partman80305/
Purtman801/
Portmanova784/
Partmann75139/
Paartman7524/
Portmannová744/
Parthmann711/
Partmon6712/
Partmanová674/
Partmanova672/
Purtmon670/

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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 Poortman
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