Portass Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Portass Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 119 | 1:468,219 | 30,572 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 95 | 1:256,583 | 18,459 |
Portass Demographics
Average Portass Salary in
England
£35,492
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Portass Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portass Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Portass occurs most in England. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Portass? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,537,949th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Portass are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in British Isles.
It is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 468,219. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Lincolnshire, where 55 percent live, Cambridgeshire, where 13 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 8 percent live. Barring England Portass exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Portass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Portass has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Portass surname grew 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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Portass 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 Portass
- 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