Portelas Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Portelas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portelas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France291:2,290,439180,028
Mexico211:5,910,77231,438
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Portelas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portelas is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portelas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,168,711th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name Portelas is primarily found in Europe, where 42 percent of Portelas are found; 38 percent are found in Western Europe and 38 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 2,290,439. In France Portelas is primarily found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 93 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 3 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 3 percent live. Besides France it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 28 percent live and South Africa, where 18 percent live.

Portelas Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Portelas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 115.23% more than the national average, earning R 511,464 per year and in Colombia they earn 15.1% less than the national average, earning $19,274,700 COP 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 Portelas
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