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

The surname Porten (Georgian: პორტენ, Russian: Портен) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Portén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 213,453^rd most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,777,888 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Porten live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561^st most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 29 people.

Porten is most prevalent 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 live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent live and Saarland, where 9 percent live. Besides Germany it is found in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

Porten Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Porten has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,607 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Porten Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Porten last name are 28.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.58% registered to vote for the 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.