Portchmouth Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Portchmouth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Portchmouth Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:1,989,93178,001
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Jersey41:12,9712,116

Portchmouth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portchmouth has its highest incidence in England. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Portchmouth.

How Common Is The Last Name Portchmouth? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Portchmouth are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in British Isles.

Portchmouth is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,989,931. In England Portchmouth is most prevalent in: East Sussex, where 36 percent live, Devon, where 29 percent live and Greater London, where 29 percent live. Outside of England Portchmouth is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Portchmouth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Portchmouth has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Portchmouth surname rose 255 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porthsmouth911/
Portsmouth861,062/
Portsmuth8019/
Portsmoth800/
Porsche-Mothe751/
Pratchayamethi642/
Pratchayamethee621/
Prashamthi573/
Portsma560/

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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 Portchmouth
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