Portion Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Portion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Portion (124) may also be a first name.
Portion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portion Come From? nationality or country of origin
Portion is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Portion? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Portion occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Portion are found; 32 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 124 people.
The last name Portion is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 83 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Portion is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 21 percent are found and India, where 21 percent are found.
Portion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Portion has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Portion last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portin | 92 | 1,150 | / |
| Porting | 86 | 173 | / |
| Portian | 86 | 155 | / |
| Portina | 86 | 41 | / |
| Pourtin | 86 | 23 | / |
| Partion | 86 | 19 | / |
| Porthin | 86 | 9 | / |
| Porttin | 86 | 9 | / |
| Portjon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Portuin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Portien | 86 | 1 | / |
| Porteon | 86 | 0 | / |
| Portiean | 80 | 9 | / |
| Poorting | 80 | 2 | / |
| Partin | 77 | 10,651 | / |
| Porten | 77 | 1,929 | / |
| Portén | 77 | 25 | / |
| Portim | 77 | 3 | / |
| Portinova | 75 | 3 | / |
| Partina | 71 | 643 | / |
| Porthen | 71 | 291 | / |
| Poorten | 71 | 187 | / |
| Parting | 71 | 153 | / |
| Partian | 71 | 89 | / |
| Portyan | 71 | 52 | / |
| Porthén | 71 | 36 | / |
| Pertian | 71 | 32 | / |
| Purtian | 71 | 16 | / |
| Partionova | 71 | 12 | / |
| Porteen | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pforten | 71 | 9 | / |
| Portten | 71 | 9 | / |
| Parttin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Paartin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Portyonova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Portean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Porrtim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Partyon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Partuin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Portenn | 71 | 0 | / |
| Parthin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Portnova | 67 | 8,651 | / |
| Pfordten | 67 | 24 | / |
| Partn | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pahartin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Parthian | 67 | 5 | / |
| Partting | 67 | 3 | / |
| Portnowa | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Portion
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