Porteo Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Porteo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porteo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines891:1,137,50891,778
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Porteo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porteo occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porteo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,907,068th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Porteo are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 1,137,508. In The Philippines Porteo is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 48 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 28 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Porteo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Porteo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Porteo surname declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porteos923/
Porteou921/
Porteous869,649/
Portea83292/
Portio8364/
Parteo8338/
Portyo831/
Pourteous801/
Portijo7719/
Porteah777/
Portiho773/
Portios771/
Portioh771/
Pourtio771/
Parteyio712/
Parteiyo711/
Parteous711/
Purteous711/
Portia671,488/
Partio67444/
Partea6728/
Portehaut6711/
Partyo673/
Purtio672/

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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 Porteo
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