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Where Does The Last Name Porten Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Porten (Georgian: პორტენ, Russian: Портен) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Portén. Click here for other possible spellings of Porten.

How Common Is The Last Name Porten? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 213,453^rd most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 3,777,888 people. The surname Porten occurs mostly in Europe, where 67 percent of Porten live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe. Porten is also the 1,951,561^st most widespread given name worldwide, held by 29 people.

The last name Porten is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,162 people, or 1 in 69,282. In Germany Porten is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 49 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent reside and Saarland, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Germany it exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.

Porten Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Porten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Porten surname grew 1,607 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Porten Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Porten surname are 28.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75.58% registered with the political party.

The amount Porten earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.01% less than the national average, earning 314,888 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 80.52% less than the national average, earning R 46,296 per year; in United States they earn 28.8% more than the national average, earning $55,575 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.8% less than the national average, earning $40,841 CAD per year.