Portefaix Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Portefaix Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 476 | 1:139,544 | 21,462 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Portefaix Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portefaix Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Portefaix occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Portefaix.
How Common Is The Last Name Portefaix? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 606,498th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Portefaix reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most widely held in France, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 139,544. In France it is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 28 percent reside, Occitanie, where 28 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 22 percent reside. Outside of France Portefaix is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Portefaix
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