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

The last name Porten (Georgian: პორტენ, Russian: Портен) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Portén. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 213,453^rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,777,888 people. Porten is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Porten are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561^st most numerous forename on earth, borne by 29 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,162 people, or 1 in 69,282. In Germany Porten is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 49 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent are found and Saarland, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Porten occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Porten Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Porten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying 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 holding the Porten surname are 28.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75.58% being 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.