Porte Surname
Approximately 17,835 people bear this surname
Porte Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller near the entrance or gate; one who acted as a gatekeeper.
Porte Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 8,763 | 1:7,580 | 660 |
| Philippines | 1,572 | 1:64,401 | 10,952 |
| United States | 1,199 | 1:302,301 | 27,845 |
| Liberia | 988 | 1:4,462 | 549 |
| Venezuela | 919 | 1:32,866 | 1,937 |
| Brazil | 870 | 1:246,062 | 9,480 |
| India | 439 | 1:1,747,302 | 62,623 |
| Argentina | 397 | 1:107,666 | 9,105 |
| Spain | 359 | 1:130,229 | 9,931 |
| Dominican Republic | 316 | 1:33,016 | 1,894 |
| Netherlands | 259 | 1:65,201 | 11,174 |
| England | 238 | 1:234,109 | 19,389 |
| Australia | 135 | 1:199,968 | 19,617 |
| Canada | 135 | 1:272,930 | 25,634 |
| Colombia | 132 | 1:361,925 | 6,174 |
| Belgium | 118 | 1:97,429 | 14,924 |
| Chile | 102 | 1:172,711 | 5,686 |
| Scotland | 97 | 1:55,194 | 4,640 |
| Italy | 92 | 1:664,747 | 58,468 |
| Panama | 87 | 1:44,968 | 2,279 |
| Germany | 74 | 1:1,087,912 | 72,931 |
| Ecuador | 58 | 1:274,239 | 8,727 |
| Mexico | 56 | 1:2,216,539 | 19,710 |
| Barbados | 40 | 1:7,186 | 655 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 1:304,182 | 24,091 |
| Ukraine | 25 | 1:1,820,908 | 133,658 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Guyana | 25 | 1:30,489 | 3,301 |
| Northern Ireland | 24 | 1:76,876 | 5,365 |
| Uruguay | 18 | 1:190,653 | 15,539 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| Nauru | 9 | 1:1,320 | 249 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 26 | 1:170,379 | 8,688 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 41 | 1:594,521 | 30,269 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
The alternate forms: Porté (74) are calculated separately.
Porte (189) may also be a first name.
Porte Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller near the entrance or gate; one who acted as a gatekeeper.
Porte Demographics
Porte Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Porte Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porte Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Porte (Arabic: بورتي, Hindi: पोर्ते, Marathi: पोट, Russian: Портье) occurs most in France. It can be rendered as: Porté. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Porte? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,967th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 408,609 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Porte live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Porte is also the 661,310th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 189 people.
The surname Porte is most widespread in France, where it is held by 8,763 people, or 1 in 7,580. In France Porte is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 28 percent live, Île-de-France, where 16 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 11 percent live. Besides France it occurs in 79 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Porte Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Porte has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,557 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 580 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,078 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Porte Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Porte surname is primarily Anglican (81%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Porte last name are 12.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.07% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Porte earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 20.16% more than the national average, earning $27,280,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.48% more than the national average, earning $48,104 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.65% more than the national average, earning $56,961 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porte Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porte in the Hindi language | ||
| पोर्ते | porte | 89.47 |
| पोरते | porate | 10.53 |
| Porte in the Marathi language | ||
| पोट | pota | 81.07 |
| पोरटे | porate | 12.62 |
| पोत | pota | 1.89 |
| पोरते | porate | 1.89 |
| पाटे | pate | 0.63 |
| पोरटॆ | porate | 0.63 |
| पारटे | parate | 0.63 |
| Porte in the Russian language | ||
| Портье | porte | - |
| Porte in the Arabic language | ||
| بورتي | bwrty | - |
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