Porsteinsson Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Porsteinsson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Porsteinsson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porsteinsson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porsteinsson is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porsteinsson? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Porsteinsson is primarily found in Africa, where 33 percent of Porsteinsson reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Porsteinsson is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 100 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 17 percent are found and Iceland, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phorsteinsson | 96 | 1 | / |
| Bersteinsson | 83 | 1 | / |
| Prestenson | 82 | 0 | / |
| Priest-Henson | 72 | 1 | / |
| Preuss-Denison | 62 | 1 | / |
| Prasutnasin | 52 | 4 | / |
| Preston-Suni | 50 | 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 Porsteinsson
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