Portigal Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Portigal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portigal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Canada381:969,62173,252
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Portigal Last Name Facts

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

Portigal is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portigal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Portigal is the 1,994,173rd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Portigal reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 7,397,121. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 55 percent are found, Arizona, where 16 percent are found and Nevada, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 43 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Portigal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Portigal surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% being registered with the political party.

The amount Portigal earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 63.54% more than the national average, earning $70,568 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.64% more than the national average, earning $72,855 CAD per year.

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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 Portigal
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