Portifa Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Portifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Portifa (35) may also be a first name.
Portifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Portifa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Portifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Portifa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Portifa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Portifa is also the 1,744,716th most common first name in the world, held by 35 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 100 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 36 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portiva | 86 | 2 | / |
| Portafa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Portifer | 80 | 10 | / |
| Portavia | 80 | 7 | / |
| Bortifay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Portifio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Partif | 77 | 1 | / |
| Portfe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Portefait | 75 | 4 | / |
| Portawifi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Portefaux | 75 | 1 | / |
| Prtf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Protiva | 71 | 1,808 | / |
| Portova | 71 | 216 | / |
| Porteva | 71 | 63 | / |
| Prativa | 71 | 62 | / |
| Pratifi | 71 | 26 | / |
| Portoff | 71 | 26 | / |
| Portofe | 71 | 25 | / |
| Pradifa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Partiva | 71 | 8 | / |
| Portafe | 71 | 7 | / |
| Portofé | 71 | 6 | / |
| Portovi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Portaev | 71 | 2 | / |
| Portafi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pourtof | 71 | 1 | / |
| Portuva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pratafa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pertuif | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pertofa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pourtef | 71 | 1 | / |
| Portouf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Purtiff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Porotova | 67 | 467 | / |
| Pratiwif | 67 | 44 | / |
| Portofee | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pratiffi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Bartifay | 67 | 23 | / |
| Prativia | 67 | 14 | / |
| Prtav | 67 | 10 | / |
| Purtieva | 67 | 10 | / |
| Portofey | 67 | 10 | / |
| Portefer | 67 | 9 | / |
| Portovoi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Portefee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pourtafi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poratova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Portaeva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Poritova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pratieva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pretiova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pourtova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Portefée | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bortf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porteeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porotoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porotaev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Portoeva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Partieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pertieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bortieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pirativa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poretivo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Portipher | 63 | 474 | / |
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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 Portifa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis