Porteiro Surname

260,746th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Porteiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porteiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain5801:80,6076,947
Brazil4621:463,36417,560
Uruguay2961:11,5941,299
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Argentina531:806,48053,420
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Venezuela111:2,745,82529,869
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
France31:22,140,907385,998
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Porteiro Last Name Facts

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

Porteiro is found in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porteiro? popularity and diffusion

The last name Porteiro is the 260,746th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,839,008 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Porteiro live; 55 percent live in South America and 43 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 580 people, or 1 in 80,607. In Spain Porteiro is most frequent in: Galicia, where 79 percent live, Madrid, where 7 percent live and Catalonia, where 4 percent live. Excluding Spain this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 31 percent live and Uruguay, where 20 percent live.

Porteiro Last Name Statistics demography

Porteiro earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,938 USD per year.

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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 Porteiro
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