Porthun Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Porthun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porthun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany531:1,518,97191,373
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Porthun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Porthun is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Porthun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,806,862nd most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. Porthun is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Porthun reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Porthun is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 1,518,971. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hamburg, where 60 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 23 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany Porthun is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Porthun Last Name Statistics demography

Porthun earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.06% more than the national average, earning $67,768 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portun928/
Portune86166/
Parthun86161/
Perthun8629/
Porthum862/
Portuin861/
Portaun861/
Portung860/
Parthung801/
Portuine801/
Parthune800/
Porton772,028/
Partun7754/
Pertun7713/
Portón772/
Portum770/
Portunova7596/
Parthaune7530/
Parthum71623/
Parthon7123/
Phorton713/
Pourton712/
Peertun712/
Partung711/
Purtune710/
Partuin710/
Partoune6767/
Phurtune671/
Purtunova631/
Parton6212,853/
Purton621,939/
Partum6223/
Purtum620/
Partoon5792/
Peurton5724/
Partoum577/
Partton572/
Pharton571/

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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
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  • 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 Porthun
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