Porth Surname

166,465th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,600 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1411:70,5578,983
United States1,0841:334,37230,223
Canada1411:261,31624,674
Brazil481:4,459,882118,224
Hungary391:251,69920,039
Australia331:818,05251,601
Peru261:1,222,46620,703
Austria241:354,81038,119
England191:2,932,529101,561
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
France11:66,422,722504,397
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1971:254,91721,039

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.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Porth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porth (Arabic: بورث) is found most in Germany. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Porth.

How Common Is The Last Name Porth? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 166,465th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,802,902 people. This 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 commonly held given name on earth, held by 11 people.

It is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 1,141 people, or 1 in 70,557. In Germany Porth is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 25 percent reside, Hesse, where 16 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Besides Germany Porth occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Porth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Porth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Porth last name rose 550 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Porth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Porth last name are 10.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.26% being registered with 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portch91889/
Porthe9188/
Pforth9119/
Poorth9114/
Phorth9114/
Pordth911/
Port8914,701/
Portsch83100/
Pourthe8328/
Poireth8310/
Porte8017,835/
Poort802,189/
Parth801,899/
Ports80777/
Perth80176/
Portt80151/
Pfort8059/
Pohrt8047/
Pourt806/
Poert804/
Portp802/
Pordt801/
Porht801/
Phort801/
Pfortsch7715/
Porthová771/
Poiret734,122/
Parthe73897/
Partch73856/
Pforte73514/
Poorte73195/
Pfordt73130/
Poorts7384/
Pforts7328/
Pourte7311/
Portte738/
Partsh734/
Portås734/
Phorte733/
Bparth731/
Bportz731/
Paarth731/
Phorts731/
Pharth731/
Parthp731/
Pottrt731/
Portds731/
Paerth730/
Part673,044/
Pert672,673/
Portova67216/
Portová67206/
Pärt67156/
Pfordte67105/
Pord6765/
Pörtsch6751/
Porč6740/
Poirret6727/
Peerdth678/
Pořt674/
Paarthe674/
Párt671/
Pharthe671/
Poyrett670/

Porth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porth in the Arabic language
بورثbwrth-

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Porth Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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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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