Portes Surname
Approximately 23,633 people bear this surname
Portes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10,929 | 1:19,588 | 945 |
| Dominican Republic | 4,429 | 1:2,356 | 330 |
| Philippines | 3,050 | 1:33,193 | 4,930 |
| France | 1,398 | 1:47,513 | 6,132 |
| Mexico | 1,219 | 1:101,826 | 3,764 |
| United States | 671 | 1:540,177 | 44,793 |
| Ecuador | 524 | 1:30,355 | 3,702 |
| Colombia | 459 | 1:104,083 | 3,692 |
| Spain | 281 | 1:166,377 | 11,984 |
| Venezuela | 252 | 1:119,857 | 4,062 |
| Cuba | 98 | 1:117,579 | 3,270 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Israel | 31 | 1:276,053 | 24,632 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Porteš (92) & Portés (3) are calculated separately.
Portes (64) may also be a first name.
Portes Demographics
Average Male Portes Height
175.14 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Portes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Portes (Russian: Портес) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may occur as a variant: Porteš or Portés. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Portes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 22,944th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 308,363 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Portes live; 52 percent live in South America and 46 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 64 people.
The last name Portes is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 10,929 people, or 1 in 19,588. In Brazil Portes is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 21 percent live, Paraná, where 20 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 19 percent live. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 50 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.
Portes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Portes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Portes surname rose 4,793 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Portes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Portes surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Portes last name are 43.49% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.72% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Portes earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 5.39% more than the national average, earning $23,925,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.69% less than the national average, earning $37,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.51% more than the national average, earning $49,937 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Portes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Portes in the Russian language | ||
| Портес | portes | - |
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Portes Reference & Research
Porteous FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Porteous FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Portes
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis