Portnaya Surname

393,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 898 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Portnaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portnaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia6931:207,97022,749
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Belarus401:237,52628,656
Uzbekistan331:937,24718,607
Kazakhstan271:654,90744,542
Moldova91:395,70828,721
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Portnaya Last Name Facts

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

Portnaya (Russian: Портная) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portnaya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 393,535th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,115,307 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Portnaya live; 66 percent live in Eastern Europe and 65 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Russia, where it is held by 693 people, or 1 in 207,970. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Bryansk Oblast, where 16 percent live, Rostov Oblast, where 12 percent live and Moscow, where 11 percent live. Besides Russia it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live and Belarus, where 4 percent live.

Portnaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Portnaya surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Portnaya last name are 7.99% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 54.76% registered to vote for the party.

Portnaya earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.54% more than the national average, earning $44,244 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portnay9315/
Portnaia881,249/
Portnaja8829/
Portna8649/
Portny8635/
Portnoy806,304/
Portney80433/
Portnyi80408/
Portnyy807/
Portnuy801/
Portnai801/
Portnych756/
Portnajs754/
Portnoja751/
Poertney751/
Pourtney750/
Partna7127/
Portná711/
Portni711/
Partny710/
Portner673,309/
Portnoi671,121/
Partney67552/
Partnoy67108/
Pertnoy6775/
Portnoj6754/
Portnoe6711/
Portnih6710/
Portnou673/
Purtney671/
Portnaggio671/
Porthni671/
Portnet670/
Pertney670/

Portnaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portnaya in the Russian language
Портнаяportnaa-

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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 Portnaya
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