Portingale Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Portingale Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Portugal.' An immigrant from Portugal; v. Pettingell.

1543-4. Buried — Fransys Wallar, a portyngall: St. Dionis Backchurch.

John Portingale, of Youghall, 1569: Cal.

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Portingale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1021:546,25533,762
Australia271:999,84158,390
Wales151:206,30213,003
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Portingale Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Portugal.' An immigrant from Portugal; v. Pettingell.

1543-4. Buried — Fransys Wallar, a portyngall: St. Dionis Backchurch.

John Portingale, of Youghall, 1569: Cal. State Papers (Domestic).

1574. Baptised — Jone Portingale: Prestbury Church, Cheshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Latin) a PORTUGUESE [Middle English Portingale, Portyngall, etc., i.e. Portugal, anc .Portucale (‘Terra Portucalensis’), Latin Portus Cale, the Roman name of the mod. Portuguese O Porto, The Port] The princes doughter of Portingale.— William and the Werwolf (14th cent.), 114.

The mediæval ballad ‘Old Robin of Portingale’ was printed by Percy.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Portingale Last Name Facts

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

Portingale is found most frequently in England. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portingale? popularity and diffusion

Portingale is the 1,369,340th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Portingale are found; 73 percent are found in Northern Europe and 73 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 546,255. In England Portingale is mostly found in: City of Bristol, where 45 percent live, Gloucestershire, where 28 percent live and Somerset, where 21 percent live. Excluding England this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 17 percent live and Wales, where 9 percent live.

Portingale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Portingale has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 1,457 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Portingale Last Name Statistics demography

Portingale earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 2.91% more than the national average, earning $51,127 CAD per year.

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