Portas Surname
Approximately 7,251 people bear this surname
Portas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1,812 | 1:25,801 | 2,695 |
| Italy | 1,103 | 1:55,446 | 9,973 |
| Argentina | 659 | 1:64,861 | 5,541 |
| Portugal | 613 | 1:16,995 | 1,242 |
| England | 438 | 1:127,210 | 12,694 |
| France | 401 | 1:165,643 | 25,804 |
| Brazil | 316 | 1:677,450 | 24,995 |
| United States | 254 | 1:1,427,004 | 98,129 |
| Philippines | 239 | 1:423,591 | 53,150 |
| Mexico | 239 | 1:519,357 | 9,183 |
| Poland | 217 | 1:175,156 | 24,150 |
| Moldova | 185 | 1:19,251 | 3,265 |
| Uruguay | 134 | 1:25,610 | 2,988 |
| Australia | 106 | 1:254,676 | 23,375 |
| Canada | 99 | 1:372,178 | 33,288 |
| Russia | 78 | 1:1,847,731 | 118,322 |
| Cuba | 62 | 1:185,850 | 4,109 |
| Ukraine | 44 | 1:1,034,607 | 95,076 |
| Peru | 40 | 1:794,603 | 17,297 |
| Lesotho | 34 | 1:59,781 | 8,665 |
| Venezuela | 33 | 1:915,275 | 14,245 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| Colombia | 18 | 1:2,654,115 | 13,778 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 98 | 1:248,728 | 18,134 |
The alternate forms: Portaś (14), Portás (11), Portaş (2) & Portáš (11) are calculated separately.
Portas (239) may also be a first name.
Portas Demographics
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Portas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Portas (Russian: Портас) is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Portaś, Portás, Portaş or Portáš. Click here for further possible spellings of Portas.
How Common Is The Last Name Portas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 68,509th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,005,040 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Portas live; 49 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 33 percent live in Iberian Europe. Portas is also the 578,640th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 239 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is borne by 1,812 people, or 1 in 25,801. In Spain it is most frequent in: Galicia, where 56 percent are found, Catalonia, where 20 percent are found and Balearic Islands, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Spain this surname is found in 50 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 15 percent are found and Argentina, where 9 percent are found.
Portas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Portas has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 447 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Portas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Portas surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Portas surname are 39.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.86% registered with the party.
The amount Portas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 49.02% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,882 per year; in Colombia they earn 42.21% less than the national average, earning $13,119,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.15% more than the national average, earning $46,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.19% more than the national average, earning $59,712 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Portas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Portas in the Russian language | ||
| Портас | portas | - |
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Portas Reference & Research
Porteous FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Porteous FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Portas
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis