Porterhouse Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

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

Porterhouse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porterhouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Porterhouse Last Name Facts

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

Porterhouse is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Porterhouse? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Porterhouse reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 16,475,406. In The United States it is most common in: Missouri, where 68 percent reside, Indiana, where 9 percent reside and Ohio, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Porterhouse Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Porterhouse surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Porterhouse earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.44% more than the national average, earning $43,771 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porterrose861/
Porteros84546/
Porterus841/
Parteros741/
Portiros741/
Porteras741/
Porteries701/
Partiros631/
Parteras631/
Parteridge570/

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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 Porterhouse
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