Portenar Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Portenar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portenar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Portenar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portenar occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portenar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Portenar are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Portenar is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most common in: New Jersey, where 80 percent are found and New York, where 20 percent are found.

Portenar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Portenar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Portenar surname fell 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Portenar Last Name Statistics demography

Portenar earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 181.49% more than the national average, earning $121,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portenart94249/
Portenard9442/
Portenear940/
Poortenaar8959/
Portenaërt891/
Porteneaur890/
Portenor882/
Porteneur828/
Partenaar821/
Portinare821/

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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 Portenar
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