Porth Surname
Approximately 2,600 people bear this surname
Porth Surname Definition:
From porth, a gate, a sea-port, sea-coast, bay, or haven. D. Gilbert gives a place called Porth in St. Anthony in Powder. There are Port in Mawgan in Pyder, and four local names commencing with Porth.
Porth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,141 | 1:70,557 | 8,983 |
| United States | 1,084 | 1:334,372 | 30,223 |
| Canada | 141 | 1:261,316 | 24,674 |
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| Hungary | 39 | 1:251,699 | 20,039 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Peru | 26 | 1:1,222,466 | 20,703 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | 1:591,690 | 3,707 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 197 | 1:254,917 | 21,039 |
Porth (11) may also be a first name.
Porth Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From porth, a gate, a sea-port, sea-coast, bay, or haven. D. Gilbert gives a place called Porth in St. Anthony in Powder. There are Port in Mawgan in Pyder, and four local names commencing with Porth.
Porth Demographics
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Porth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porth Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porth (Arabic: بورث) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Porth click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porth? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 166,465th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,802,902 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Porth live; 45 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,141 people, or 1 in 70,557. In Germany it is primarily found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 25 percent live, Hesse, where 16 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Beside Germany it is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 42 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.
Porth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Porth has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Porth last name expanded 550 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Porth Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Porth surname are 10.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Porth earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 15.2% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,438 per year; in United States they earn 18.89% more than the national average, earning $51,302 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.94% more than the national average, earning $61,078 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portch | 91 | 889 | / |
| Porthe | 91 | 88 | / |
| Pforth | 91 | 19 | / |
| Poorth | 91 | 14 | / |
| Phorth | 91 | 14 | / |
| Pordth | 91 | 1 | / |
| Port | 89 | 14,701 | / |
| Portsch | 83 | 100 | / |
| Pourthe | 83 | 28 | / |
| Poireth | 83 | 10 | / |
| Porte | 80 | 17,835 | / |
| Poort | 80 | 2,189 | / |
| Parth | 80 | 1,899 | / |
| Ports | 80 | 777 | / |
| Perth | 80 | 176 | / |
| Portt | 80 | 151 | / |
| Pfort | 80 | 59 | / |
| Pohrt | 80 | 47 | / |
| Pourt | 80 | 6 | / |
| Poert | 80 | 4 | / |
| Portp | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pordt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Porht | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phort | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pfortsch | 77 | 15 | / |
| Porthová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poiret | 73 | 4,122 | / |
| Parthe | 73 | 897 | / |
| Partch | 73 | 856 | / |
| Pforte | 73 | 514 | / |
| Poorte | 73 | 195 | / |
| Pfordt | 73 | 130 | / |
| Poorts | 73 | 84 | / |
| Pforts | 73 | 28 | / |
| Pourte | 73 | 11 | / |
| Portte | 73 | 8 | / |
| Partsh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Portås | 73 | 4 | / |
| Phorte | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bparth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bportz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paarth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phorts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pharth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Parthp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pottrt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Portds | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paerth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Part | 67 | 3,044 | / |
| Pert | 67 | 2,673 | / |
| Portova | 67 | 216 | / |
| Portová | 67 | 206 | / |
| Pärt | 67 | 156 | / |
| Pfordte | 67 | 105 | / |
| Pord | 67 | 65 | / |
| Pörtsch | 67 | 51 | / |
| Porč | 67 | 40 | / |
| Poirret | 67 | 27 | / |
| Peerdth | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pořt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paarthe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Párt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pharthe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poyrett | 67 | 0 | / |
Porth Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porth in the Arabic language | ||
| بورث | bwrth | - |
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Porth Reference & Research
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Porth
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