Portelia Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Argentina

Portelia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portelia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Portelia (9) may also be a first name.

Portelia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portelia is found most frequently in Brazil. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portelia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Portelia is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Portelia occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Portelia live; 83 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,941,740th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 9 people.

Portelia is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Goiás, where 33 percent reside, Paraná, where 33 percent reside and Sergipe, where 33 percent reside. Apart from Brazil it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and Colombia, where 17 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 Portelia
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