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Where Does The Last Name Portales Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Portales (Arabic: بورتاليس) is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Portalés or Portalès. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portales? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Portales is the 31,536^th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 430,553 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Portales are found; 36 percent are found in South America and 22 percent are found in Andean South America. Portales is also the 2,786,762^nd most widespread forename internationally It is held by 16 people.

The last name Portales is most frequent in Mexico, where it is held by 3,425 people, or 1 in 36,241. In Mexico it is mostly found in: Tamaulipas, where 29 percent live, San Luis Potosí, where 21 percent live and Coahuila, where 17 percent live. Outside of Mexico this surname occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Bolivia, where 12 percent live and Cuba, where 11 percent live.

Portales Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Portales last name are 43.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.22% being registered with the party.

The amount Portales earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 9.58% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,528 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.25% less than the national average, earning $22,191,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 16.72% less than the national average, earning $35,934 USD per year.