Portilheiro Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Portilheiro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portilheiro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Portilheiro Last Name Facts

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

Portilheiro is more frequently found in Portugal than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portilheiro? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Portilheiro reside; 97 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 97 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname Portilheiro is most commonly held in Portugal, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 138,910. Not including Portugal it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Portilheiro
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