Portch Surname

396,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 889 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Portch Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the porch.' Middle English porche, a covered entrance or portico. Probably a doorkeeper, or doorward; v. Dorward.

Richard atte Porche, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Portch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4511:123,54312,408
United States2481:1,461,528100,066
Australia1081:249,96023,064
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Norway61:857,04855,549
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2611:93,3929,611
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Portch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the porch.' Middle English porche, a covered entrance or portico. Probably a doorkeeper, or doorward; v. Dorward.

Richard atte Porche, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Stephen atte Porche, Close Rolls, 41 Edward III.

This surname seems to have become corrupted into Porridge:

1601. Baptised — Anne, d. Simon Porridge: St. Antholin (London).

1657. Married — Robert Porch and Elizabeth Barton: St. Mary's, Aldermary.

It is interesting to notice that Mr. R. B. Porch played for Somerset v. Essex, and carried out his bat for 85, July n, 1885.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

For Porch, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From residence in or near the entrance of some great building. At-Porch might become Porcher in some instances. One form in H.R. is Ad Portam Ecclesiae, "at the church-porch."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Portch Last Name Facts

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

Portch occurs most in England. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portch? popularity and diffusion

It is the 396,526th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,197,464 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Portch live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 51 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Portch is most common in England, where it is held by 451 people, or 1 in 123,543. In England it is most frequent in: Gloucestershire, where 14 percent are found, Greater London, where 13 percent are found and City of Bristol, where 9 percent are found. Barring England it occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 12 percent are found.

Portch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Portch has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Portch surname expanded 173 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 886 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Portch Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Portch surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Portch surname are 4.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.35% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Portch earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.3% less than the national average, earning 248,141 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.12% more than the national average, earning $44,925 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.69% more than the national average, earning $61,455 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portsch92100/
Porch914,786/
Porth912,600/
Portsche8693/
Pfortsch8615/
Portscht867/
Porche833,388/
Partch83856/
Porthe8388/
Pforth8319/
Pourch8316/
Phorth8314/
Poorth8314/
Pertch838/
Poorch831/
Pordth831/
Purtch831/
Port8014,701/
Porc80311/
Partsch771,927/
Pourthe7728/
Partcht7713/
Poireth7710/
Pourche773/
Portzsh770/
Portschová753/
Porte7317,835/
Portz733,441/
Poort732,189/
Parth731,899/
Ports73777/
Parch73459/
Porcs73172/
Portt73151/
Porcz73133/
Pfort7359/
Pohrt7347/
Porci739/
Pourt736/
Portp732/
Porht731/
Pordt731/
Phort731/
Pãrch731/
Partzsch71776/
Partscht719/
Porthová711/
Partsche711/
Patrtche711/
Poiret674,122/
Parthe67897/
Parche67748/
Pforte67514/
Poorte67195/
Pfordt67130/
Poorts6784/
Pforts6728/
Pourte6711/
Portte678/
Portås674/
Partsh674/
Paarch673/
Phorte673/
Parchh671/
Bportz671/
Phorhc671/
Portds671/
Pottrt671/
Parthp671/
Pharth671/
Phorts671/
Paarth671/
Bparth671/
Portze670/
Partce670/

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