Portnell Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Portnell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portnell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:7,397,121336,459
England251:2,228,72284,230
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Portnell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portnell is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portnell? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,121,169th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Portnell live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 7,397,121. In The United States it is most common in: Montana, where 39 percent live, Georgia, where 31 percent live and Nevada, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States Portnell exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 32 percent live and Wales, where 4 percent live.

Portnell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Portnell has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 613 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Portnell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Portnell surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

Portnell earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.27% more than the national average, earning $45,422 USD per year.

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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 Portnell
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