Portier Surname

56,127th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,039 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Monaco

Portier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France6,1261:10,8431,066
United States1,1401:317,94629,031
Netherlands8041:21,0043,338
Belgium4771:24,1023,802
Switzerland1661:49,4756,588
Canada741:497,91342,460
Indonesia351:3,778,548197,284
Australia311:870,82953,581
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
England201:2,785,90397,972
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Jersey41:12,9712,116
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

Portier (14) may also be a first name.

Portier Last Name Facts

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

Portier occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portier? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 56,127th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 806,234 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Portier live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent forename on earth It is held by 14 people.

The surname Portier is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 6,126 people, or 1 in 10,843. In France it is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 18 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 12 percent are found. Besides France Portier is found in 47 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 9 percent are found.

Portier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Portier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Portier surname grew 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 286 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Portier Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Portier last name are 30.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.79% registered with the party.

The amount Portier earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.72% more than the national average, earning $43,459 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.55% more than the national average, earning $50,950 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pourtier93948/
Poortier93146/
Porthier9329/
Poertier9326/
Portiere9311/
Porter92295,388/
Portie92354/
Portir9217/
Pourthier883/
Poorter86503/
Porties8682/
Partier8660/
Pforter8658/
Pertier8655/
Porteur8643/
Porther8631/
Portter8625/
Pourtie8622/
Portere869/
Poerter866/
Porterr865/
Pourter864/
Porteer862/
Portyer862/
Portert861/
Pfortie861/
Pporter861/
Portuer861/
Poyrter861/
Parthier80141/
Pourtair807/
Pourthie804/
Poortere804/
D'Porter803/
Porterre801/
Poirteir801/
Perrtier801/
Partiere801/
Portaire801/
Poerther801/
Porteyar800/
Parter77312/
Purter77310/
Partie77153/
Perter7752/
Portje7731/
Portye7711/
Portée779/
Portre777/
Partir776/
Portié772/
Pörter771/
Portièrre751/
Parthie7153/
Purther7151/
Parther7143/
Pfortje7125/
Portiyo7118/
Parthir7112/
Portgee7111/
Pförter7110/
Partieh719/
Pfürter719/
Parties716/
Partiea716/
Portjet715/
Portiio714/
Poortje713/
Pfurter713/
Partiez712/
Pertter712/
Partere711/
Portgij711/
Portère711/
Parteur711/
Parteer711/
Poorterová711/
Partair711/
Partior711/
Partter711/
Paarter711/
Portiay711/
Pertuir710/
Perther710/
Partoire67778/
Pfhurter6759/
Parteyie6719/
Parteiye6714/
Parterre673/
Poortjes671/
Purtheer671/
Partiyar671/

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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 Portier
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