Portant Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Portant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France861:772,35794,336
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Portant (222) may also be a first name.

Portant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portant is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portant? popularity and diffusion

The surname Portant is the 1,765,740th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Portant reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 605,116th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 222 people.

The surname is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 772,357. In France Portant is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 29 percent are found, Grand Est, where 19 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 19 percent are found. Barring France this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Portant Last Name Statistics demography

Portant earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 10.91% less than the national average, earning $44,265 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portante93463/
Portantt933/
Portgant930/
Portan92547/
Porthan86131/
Portain8650/
Pertant8635/
Portand8621/
Pourtan862/
Portang862/
Partant861/
Portean861/
Portank861/
Portaun861/
Portane860/
Portasin8023/
Portacin8017/
Phortand805/
Pourtain804/
Porthane801/
Partante801/
Portagne801/
Phorthan801/
Porton772,028/
Partan77143/
Portam7715/
Portán773/
Portón772/
Părtan771/
Portanova751,804/
Pourtahan7529/
Portaasen7510/
Partain714,663/
Portone71422/
Parthan71296/
Partang7128/
Portham7112/
Partane7111/
Partgan7110/
Partean716/
Portong716/
Pertand714/
Phorton713/
Pourton712/
Portein712/
Partamn712/
Portoin711/
Partasn711/
Parttan711/
Partand710/
Partaine6715/
Porthong6714/
Pourtein6713/
Parthang671/
Phartang671/
Pourtong671/
Partasin671/
Partacin671/
Partonte671/
Parthann671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Portant
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis