Portnoi Surname

330,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Moldova

Portnoi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portnoi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine7171:63,4919,145
Moldova991:35,9735,576
England711:784,76142,668
United States591:6,143,372295,589
Brazil561:3,822,756105,432
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
France171:3,907,219231,005
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Cyprus11:884,87613,055

The alternate forms: Portnoï (7) are calculated separately.

Portnoi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portnoi (Georgian: პორტნოი) is found in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Portnoï. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portnoi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 330,363rd most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,500,933 people. The surname Portnoi is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Portnoi live; 74 percent live in Eastern Europe and 65 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 717 people, or 1 in 63,491. In Ukraine Portnoi is most numerous in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found, Kiev, where 11 percent are found and Kherson Oblast, where 10 percent are found. Besides Ukraine Portnoi exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 9 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Portnoi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Portnoi last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Portnoi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 67.13% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,372 per year; in South Africa they earn 38.31% more than the national average, earning R 328,668 per year and in United States they earn 11.39% more than the national average, earning $48,065 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portnoï957/
Portno9230/
Portni921/
Portnoy866,304/
Portnyi86408/
Portnoj8654/
Portnoe8611/
Portnih8610/
Partnoi865/
Portnou863/
Portnno861/
Porthni861/
Portnoë861/
Portnai861/
Portnaia801,249/
Portnihs8017/
Portnojs809/
Portnich806/
Portinno802/
Portnoja801/
Purtnoid800/
Portna7749/
Portny7735/
Partni771/
Portná771/
Portner713,309/
Portney71433/
Partnoy71108/
Pertnoy7175/
Portnay7115/
Parthni719/
Portnyy717/
Portnaggio711/
Portnuy711/
Portnet710/
Portnaya67898/
Pfortner67334/
Portnaja6729/
Partenni676/
Portnych676/
Portnajs674/
Pertinni671/
Poertney671/
Portness671/
Pourtney670/

Portnoi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portnoi in the Georgian language
პორტნოიportnoi-

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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
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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 Portnoi
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