Portantier Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Portantier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portantier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay441:77,9948,034
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Portantier Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portantier occurs in Uruguay more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portantier? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,635,433rd most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Portantier is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Portantier live; 98 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name is most commonly held in Uruguay, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 77,994. In Uruguay it is mostly found in: Montevideo Department, where 52 percent are found, Cerro Largo Department, where 43 percent are found and Río Negro Department, where 2 percent are found. Barring Uruguay it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 9 percent are found and Argentina, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portantiere9514/
Breton-Hautier501/

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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 Portantier
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