Portanger Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Portanger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portanger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands491:344,63638,971
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Portanger Last Name Facts

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

Portanger occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Portanger click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portanger? popularity and diffusion

The surname Portanger is the 2,255,512th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Portanger live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 344,636. In The Netherlands Portanger is mostly found in: North Holland, where 45 percent live, South Holland, where 29 percent live and Utrecht, where 14 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 14 percent live and New Zealand, where 8 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Portanger
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