Portelis Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Portelis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portelis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela371:816,32613,210
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Portelis Last Name Facts

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

Portelis is most common in Venezuela. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portelis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,808,717th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Portelis are found; 79 percent are found in South America and 77 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

Portelis is most frequent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 816,326. In Venezuela it is most prevalent in: Portuguesa, where 89 percent are found, Lara, where 5 percent are found and Cojedes, where 3 percent are found. Barring Venezuela this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 10 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Portelis
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