Portain Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Portain Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portain Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France381:1,747,966156,445
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Haiti51:2,136,78115,037
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Portain (28) may also be a first name.

Portain Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portain is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portain? popularity and diffusion

The surname Portain is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Portain are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.

The surname Portain is most frequent in France, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,747,966. In France it is mostly found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 92 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 5 percent are found and Brittany, where 3 percent are found. Not including France Portain occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 12 percent are found and Haiti, where 10 percent are found.

Portain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Portain has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Portain
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