Portna Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Portna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine271:1,686,026128,013
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Portná (1) are calculated separately.

Portna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portna (Russian: Портна) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Portná. For other potential spellings of Portna click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portna? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,776,799th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Portna occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Portna are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 57 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 1,686,026. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Poltava Oblast, where 33 percent reside, Kherson Oblast, where 22 percent reside and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Ukraine this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 12 percent reside and Poland, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portná941/
Portnay9215/
Portnai921/
Portnaia861,249/
Portnaya86898/
Portnaja8629/
Portnajs864/
Pärtna8370/
Portny8335/
Portno8330/
Partna8327/
Portni831/
Pertna830/
Portnoy776,304/
Portner773,309/
Portnoi771,121/
Portney77433/
Portnyi77408/
Portnoj7754/
Portnih7710/
Portnyy777/
Portnoï777/
Partnat774/
Portnou773/
Portnno771/
Porthni771/
Portnoë771/
Portnuy771/
Portnet770/
Pfortner71334/
Portnihs7117/
Portnojs719/
Portnych716/
Portnich716/
Portinno712/
Poertney711/
Portness711/
Pourtney710/
Partne674/
Partni671/
Parthinna671/
Partny670/
Parthnais670/

Portna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portna in the Russian language
Портнаportna-

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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 Portna
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