Porteño Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Porteño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porteño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile221:800,74917,445
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

The alternate forms: Porteno (6) are calculated separately.

Porteño Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porteño occurs in Chile more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Porteno. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porteño? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Porteño live; 100 percent live in South America and 91 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

Porteño is most commonly occurring in Chile, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 800,749. In Chile Porteño is most numerous in: Bío Bío Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Chile Porteño occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 24 percent live and Colombia, where 3 percent live.

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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 Porteño
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