Portillo Surname

1,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303,339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Portillo Surname Definition:

Found in Burgos, Vizcaya, La Rioja, and Santander. Name of village near Vitoria. Equivalent to surname Porta, latin "porta" meaning a door or gate.

Indicated a small passage between two heights. The opening here does not have a closure.

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Portillo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador55,9081:11320
Mexico54,1331:2,293334
Honduras38,5461:22946
Paraguay31,6381:22950
United States27,5731:13,1451,634
Venezuela20,8921:1,446259
Argentina18,5011:2,310302
Colombia13,4331:3,556594
Spain12,6201:3,705450
Guatemala10,6831:1,505267
Philippines4,4571:22,7142,970
Peru3,9801:7,9861,199
Bolivia3,4811:3,050508
Ecuador1,3871:11,4681,840
Uruguay1,2491:2,748319
Nicaragua7571:7,954642
Cuba7091:16,2521,109
Brazil6141:348,65513,378
Canada4381:84,1229,355
Panama4091:9,565874
Dominican Republic3241:32,2001,866
France3161:210,19832,673
Costa Rica2561:18,672678
Chile2351:74,9643,032
Belize2331:1,526348
Trinidad and Tobago801:17,0502,088
Germany761:1,059,28271,604
Switzerland621:132,46613,073
England501:1,114,36153,243
Australia411:658,43245,385
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Italy271:2,265,06392,103
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
Sweden171:579,22142,433
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Puerto Rico121:295,8452,647
Norway81:642,78647,258
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China51:273,464,31313,838
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

The alternate forms: Portilló (1) & Pórtillo (1) are calculated separately.

Portillo (283) may also be a first name.

Portillo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Found in Burgos, Vizcaya, La Rioja, and Santander. Name of village near Vitoria. Equivalent to surname Porta, latin "porta" meaning a door or gate.

Indicated a small passage between two heights. The opening here does not have a closure.

Castilian name from San Vicente de la Barquera (Santander).

See Porta, Portela.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'littlle mountain'.

- armandop

Portillo Last Name Facts

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

Portillo (Russian: Портилло) occurs in El Salvador more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Portilló or Pórtillo. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portillo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,808th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 24,024 people. Portillo occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Portillo are found; 35 percent are found in Central America and 35 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. It is also the 526,385th most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 283 people.

The last name Portillo is most frequently occurring in El Salvador, where it is borne by 55,908 people, or 1 in 113. In El Salvador Portillo is primarily found in: San Salvador Department, where 24 percent reside, San Miguel Department, where 21 percent reside and La Libertad Department, where 11 percent reside. Besides El Salvador it exists in 81 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 18 percent reside and Honduras, where 13 percent reside.

Portillo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Portillo has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 74,522 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Portillo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Portillo surname are 43.57% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.8% registered with the party.

The amount Portillo earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 27.2% less than the national average, earning 251,937 kr per year; in Peru they earn 1.62% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,699 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.53% less than the national average, earning $17,586,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.51% less than the national average, earning $37,319 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.85% less than the national average, earning $39,821 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Portillo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portillo in the Russian language
Портиллоportillo-

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