Portas Surname

68,509th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Portugal

Portas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1,8121:25,8012,695
Italy1,1031:55,4469,973
Argentina6591:64,8615,541
Portugal6131:16,9951,242
England4381:127,21012,694
France4011:165,64325,804
Brazil3161:677,45024,995
United States2541:1,427,00498,129
Philippines2391:423,59153,150
Mexico2391:519,3579,183
Poland2171:175,15624,150
Moldova1851:19,2513,265
Uruguay1341:25,6102,988
Australia1061:254,67623,375
Canada991:372,17833,288
Russia781:1,847,731118,322
Cuba621:185,8504,109
Ukraine441:1,034,60795,076
Peru401:794,60317,297
Lesotho341:59,7818,665
Venezuela331:915,27514,245
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Chile181:978,69319,774
Colombia181:2,654,11513,778
Turkey171:4,577,731104,623
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England981:248,72818,134

The alternate forms: Portaś (14), Portás (11), Portaş (2) & Portáš (11) are calculated separately.

Portas (239) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portaś9414/
Portás9411/
Portaş942/
Portais92746/
Portase92196/
Portash92136/
Portass92135/
Portaas9220/
Poertas928/
Portasz927/
Poirtas922/
Porttas921/
Porteas920/
Porta9135,396/
Portáš8911/
Portasse8628/
Porthaus8627/
Pourtash868/
Porteaus862/
Porthais861/
Portos831,221/
Portaz83392/
Partas83333/
Portea83292/
Portay83134/
Portat83119/
Portha83103/
Pertas8379/
Poorta8364/
Portau8317/
Portai8312/
Purtas8311/
Portta836/
Pourta834/
Portac832/
Phorta831/
Portah831/
Portać831/
Portasova8035/
Porteus771,034/
Pourtau77679/
Portois77609/
Porteau77338/
Pertays77248/
Porthos7780/
Partash7760/
Portaux7760/
Pertash7750/
Portaud7727/
Portaix7727/
Parthas7714/
Pourtaj7711/
Portach777/
Portous775/
Portait774/
Portosh774/
Portatz773/
Partass772/
Portose772/
Phertas772/
Portath771/
Partasd771/
Partaus771/
Perteas771/
Phortos771/
Peurtas771/
Photrta771/
Portace771/
Pourtah771/
Portaha771/
Pertais770/
Purtays770/
Porto73111,677/
Parta733,277/
Párta7316/
Portô732/
Pourtois71396/
Pourtaud71141/
Portteus71133/
Portault7114/
Pourtaha716/
Porteaux715/
Porthaux714/
Portheau713/
Porthous711/
Pourtaut711/
Partap6712,716/
Partha673,441/
Partos672,793/
Pürtaş671,702/
Porthouse67630/
Porthault67441/
Puorto67380/
Partay67260/
Partac67218/
Pertos67207/
Portei67194/
Pártos67166/
Porteu67159/
Partasova6785/
Portey6784/
Portto6777/
Pártai6768/
Portou6751/
Portoi6738/
Pártay6735/
Partai6734/
Partea6728/
Partaj6726/
Partta6713/
Portoy6710/
Partaš6710/
Purtos677/
Portão676/
Portot676/
Patrta674/
Partau674/
Partat674/
Pohrto673/
Partač673/
Partad672/
Partaz672/
Portho672/
Pourto672/
Portop672/
Portoc671/
Poirto671/
Partoa671/
Paarta671/
Pporto671/
Purtaś671/
Portoz671/
Portuo671/
Porrto671/
Purtaş670/
Partah670/

Portas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portas in the Russian language
Портасportas-

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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.

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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
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