Porteck Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Porteck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porteck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Porteck Last Name Facts

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

The surname Porteck is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Porteck? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Porteck is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Porteck are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent live and Costa Rica, where 3 percent live.

Porteck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Porteck has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Porteck last name expanded 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Porteck Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Porteck last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Porteck earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.17% more than the national average, earning $49,696 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portek9237/
Portec923/
Portiek8651/
Perteck868/
Parteck866/
Portick860/
Partecke8026/
Portiock801/
Portik772,146/
Pertek77838/
Purtek7752/
Portic7747/
Portík7718/
Portyk7715/
Portex7714/
Partek775/
Pürtek771/
Purtec771/
Partec771/
Porteková751/
Partick71266/
Parteke7167/
Porteix7155/
Portijk7143/
Pertick7115/
Parteek717/
Partiek713/
Porthik713/
Portykh712/
Purtick712/
Particke6754/
Portkova6726/
Portigue6713/
Portique673/
Parteike672/
Parteeke672/
Portheix671/

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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 Porteck
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis