Porstmann Surname

546,987th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 585 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Porstmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porstmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5321:151,32618,148
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Porstmann Last Name Facts

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

Porstmann is most common in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porstmann? popularity and diffusion

Porstmann is the 546,987th most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Porstmann reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 532 people, or 1 in 151,326. In Germany Porstmann is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 69 percent live, Thuringia, where 8 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent live. Other than Germany it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Porstmann Last Name Statistics demography

Porstmann earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $40,150 USD per year.

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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 Porstmann
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