Portney Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Portney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4311:840,97264,213
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Portney Last Name Facts

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

Portney is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portney? popularity and diffusion

It is the 685,266th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Portney are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Portney is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 840,972. In The United States Portney is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 17 percent reside, New York, where 16 percent reside and California, where 14 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in one country. It is also found in Israel, where 0 percent reside.

Portney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Portney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Portney last name increased 21,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Portney Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Portney last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Portney are 5.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.81% registered with the political party.

Portney earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.7% more than the national average, earning $48,627 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poertney931/
Pourtney930/
Portny9235/
Portnoy866,304/
Portner863,309/
Partney86552/
Portnyi86408/
Portnay8615/
Portnoe8611/
Portnyy867/
Portnuy861/
Purtney861/
Portnet860/
Pertney860/
Portnaya80898/
Pfortner80334/
Portnych806/
Portness801/
Portna7749/
Partne774/
Portni771/
Portná771/
Partny770/
Pörtner711,495/
Portnoi711,121/
Partner71620/
Partnoy71108/
Pertnoy7175/
Portnoj7154/
Portnih7110/
Portnou713/
Partnes712/
Portnai711/
Perrtne711/
Purtner711/
Porthni711/
Pförtner671,440/
Portnaia671,249/
Portnaja6729/
Portnihs6717/
Portnojs679/
Portnich676/
Portnajs674/
Parthner673/
Portnoja671/
Purttner670/
Partnett670/

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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 Portney
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