Portelo Surname

656,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 459 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Portelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1801:1,189,30241,172
Philippines1581:640,74867,692
Peru561:567,57414,999
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Portêlo (28) are calculated separately.

Portelo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portelo occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Portêlo. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portelo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 656,126th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. The surname Portelo occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Portelo reside; 55 percent reside in South America and 39 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Portelo is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 1,189,302. In Brazil Portelo is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 18 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live and Pará, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 34 percent live and Peru, where 12 percent live.

Portelo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Portelo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 0.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,256 per year; in Colombia they earn 31.84% more than the national average, earning $29,929,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 49.77% more than the national average, earning $64,625 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 Portelo
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